waltzed (up)

verb

past tense of waltz (up)
as in turned up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waltzed (up)
  1. turned up
  2. arrived
  3. showed up
  4. reached
  5. came
  6. came up
  7. drew on
  8. attained
Verb
  • The pair turned up together at a Dodgers World Series game in October as well as Lakers games — including the October 24, 2025 game when the couple sat court side and Herbert blocked a basketball coming straight into his future fiancé’s face.
    — Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Two weeks after Vernon appeared as a musical guest on SNL in 2012, Justin Timberlake turned up playing him in a sketch about meeting baby Blue Ivy Carter.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026
Definition of turned up
Verb
  • The family is also adamant that they were told by the hospital that by the time Lopez-Cornejo arrived there on Saturday, his heart was no longer beating.
    — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • A lot of Eastern European Jewish refugees arrived in France after the pogroms and worked as tailors and seamstresses for the couture houses.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of arrived
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  • 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
  • Parker, who by this time had begun exhibiting erratic behavior because of his drug issues, never showed up at the club, ending Adams’ hopes of sharing the stage with one of his idols.
    — Dan Kelly July 28, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
Definition of showed up
Verb
  • Jorge Polanco reached on a two-out error at first base by Stowers.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Crime reached a breaking point that summer after a drive-by shooting killed a man at Progress Park, topping off a string of violent incidents in the neighborhood just northeast of uptown Charlotte.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of reached
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
  • Naylor was shaken up on the slide, but walked off the field under his own power and was replaced by Fairchild, who came up from Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The first explanation the researchers came up with was that the flies were climbing a rising gradient of odor toward the source.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of came up
Verb
  • Researchers also drew on the Dunedin Study, which has followed nearly 1,000 people born in 1972 and 1973 from birth into adulthood.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • DeRogatis drew on her own experiences to give the story its realism.
    — Nissa Renzo, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Definition of drew on
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  • Even Telemundo’s legendary soccer narrator Cantor, has attained cross-over appeal, recently starring in a Coors Light commercial.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
  • All new sign-ups automatically receive Influencer status, while the Ambassador tier requires spending a minimum of $5,000 on the card in a year and the fanciest Icon designation can only be attained with a $15,000 annual spend.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 July 2026
Definition of attained
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“Waltzed (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waltzed%20%28up%29. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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