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View definitions for spring up

spring up

verb as in break out

verb as in come up

verb as in mushroom

verb as in rear

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Example Sentences

Like a masterpiece—or a mural across the side of a subway car—the art of graffiti seemed to spring up overnight in New York City.

One can only imagine the sort of festive party games that could spring up under such conditions.

Then he made out that the anchor was being lifted; and he was tempted to spring up and cry out to them to stay.

In such a state, it is evident that no spirit of permanent improvement is likely to spring up.

While the Constitution lasts, they are repressed; they spring up to annoy and startle us only from its grave.

Whenever a business assumes certain proportions, subsidiary businesses spring up to cater to the needs of the larger enterprise.

When night fell, or when storms arose, the Red Caps likewise caused a city of ten thousand tents to spring up on the plains.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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