showed up

verb

past tense of show up
1
as in appeared
to come into view normally, one doesn't see them, but the actress's wrinkles show up in the close-ups

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2
as in arrived
to get to a destination the band showed up an hour late

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3
as in exposed
to reveal the true nature of were shown up for what they really are

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Recent Examples of showed up People knew him as the guy who vehemently opposed NAFTA, who showed up on picket lines, who only wore suits made in Ohio. — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026 According to Ayer, that exhaustion showed up in the movie, as Pitt couldn’t relax or rely on the typical comforts of a film set. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026 Lehrer arranged a meeting to sell him the files—then never showed up. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 Not sure what happened there, but SeanJo definitely showed up for work. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026 This tells you how incredible our crew and production staff were — three-fourths of them showed up to the karaoke bar in Hawaiian shirts in solidarity. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026 Luckily, Martinez's Expert Tree Service showed up for them on Monday. — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 Don't Try To Scale Control The first place this showed up for me was in myself. — Jonathan Weeks, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 The fest was able to run on Friday and Sunday at Village Green with some changes to the schedule and Dodge estimated 10,000 showed up for Sunday’s event. — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for showed up
  1. appeared
  2. arrived
  3. exposed
  4. showed
  5. came
  6. uncovered
  7. unfolded
  8. turned up
Verb
  • Late in the game, Tyquan Thornton made a 45-yard reception but appeared to seriously injury his ankle as he was tackled.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
  • According to a photo from the scene, one appeared to have blood on its hind leg; the other appeared relieved to have its friend back.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of appeared
Verb
  • His bond with Nathan was premised on its insularity, then Gael arrived like Yoko and threw everything out of whack.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026
  • When police arrived, the garage door, a side door and the center console of Flynn's pickup truck were all open.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of arrived
Verb
  • The participants include people who have been exposed to the disease in this outbreak, among them health workers and patients' relatives.
    — CONSTANT SAME BAGALWA, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Airlines are uniquely exposed because fuel is such a big expense in daily operations.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of exposed
Verb
  • Wiles showed Republicans the president's upcoming travel schedule, which attendees described as extensive and almost every day, all across the country.
    — MICHELLE L. PRICE, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Whereas Morandi showed us that bottles could be seen as similar to humans, Lee may be more attuned to how humans might be like stones.
    — Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of showed
Verb
  • That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Definition of came
Verb
  • MacDonald said the research for the book uncovered many stories that were new to her.
    — Sam Calhoun, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The artifacts were uncovered off the coast of Porto Rotondo in Sardinia, an Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea, news agency Cover Images reported.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of uncovered
Verb
  • Passengers described a tense scene aboard the aircraft as the emergency unfolded.
    — Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Online video footage shot from the stands shows that the man was standing in front of his seat as the play unfolded.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of unfolded
Verb
  • The incident became even more troubling after reports that models had turned up on a dozen other websites.
    — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Mock skeletons are everywhere in the weeks leading up to Halloween, but a real one turned up as someone was mowing grass in eastern North Carolina, police say.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of turned up

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“Showed up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/showed%20up. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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