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Definition crop up in American English

crop up phrasal verb

[intransitive] phrasal verb
Example

Ben had to go back to work - a problem's cropped up.

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if a name or subject crops up, someone mentions it

Example

Alice's name keeps cropping up in our conversations.

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Definition crop up in American English