pop up

informal — phrasal verb with pop

/pɒp/

/pɑːp/ verb (-pp-)

Definition

› to appear or happen, especially suddenly or unexpectedly: She's one of those film stars who pops up everywhere, on TV, in magazines, on Broadway. The words 'Hard disk failure - program aborted' popped up on the screen.Appearing and disappearing

(Definition of pop up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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