spring up

phrasal verb

sprang up or sprung up; sprung up; springing up; springs up

: to grow or appear suddenly

The weeds sprang up overnight.

New housing developments are springing up all over the state.

Examples of spring up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Following the old schedule may work for now, but roadblocks will spring up in front of parents trying to keep their kids healthy. —Sophia Newcomer, Time, 20 Feb. 2026

But the cult of quiet-luxury propriety that has sprung up around the late Carolyn Bessette Kennedy (also known as CBK) protects the fit of her cords and the length of her sweaters like sacred laws. —Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026

Plenty of unconventional solutions have sprung up as a result, from the ill-advised and frightening (please don’t scoop out your period) to the innocuous and accessible—like seed cycling, or, more recently, the period steak theory. —Audrey Bruno, SELF, 19 Feb. 2026

Throughout the week, countless other protests would spring up at North Texas schools. —Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 18 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for spring up

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