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View definitions for spring up

spring up

verb as in break out

verb as in come up

verb as in mushroom

verb as in rear

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Example Sentences

Unfortunately, the vaccines were still months away and new variants were springing up so he resorted to his usual tactics of pitting people against each other.

From Salon

Speciality chains like Black Sheep Coffee, Coffee#1 and Blank Street are springing up in city centres, while the giants like Costa and Starbucks are opening drive-throughs and outlets in retail parks.

From BBC

The word “motel” was coined in 1925 after many auto camps, auto courts and motor hotels had sprung up across the U.S.

And figures, clambering over broken buildings, moving along streets of dirt, where food markets are springing up under tin roofs and canvas awnings.

From BBC

Fran's sister Lou runs the café bar and gift shop SUP, just one of many independent businesses that have sprung up in the town in recent years.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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