crop up

verb

cropped up; cropping up; crops up

intransitive verb

: to come or appear when not expected

New problems crop up every day.

His name crops up frequently as a potential candidate.

Examples of crop up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Guerrilla art that draws attention to Trump’s—and others’—misdeeds associated with prominent people in power have cropped up in DC with frequency in recent years. —News Desk, Artforum, 30 Mar. 2026

In Florida’s complex and frustrating health care environment, a profession has cropped up of people who work independently on behalf of clients to coordinate their medical care. —Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026

Amazon's Spring Sale is here, and deals are cropping up left and right! —George Yang, PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2026

Assuming no major issues crop up during the Artemis 2 mission, NASA is planning a demonstration with Orion and the Artemis lunar landers to take place on Artemis 3 in Earth orbit next year. —Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Note: See note at crop entry 2

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for crop up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup