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Definition crop up in British English

crop up phrasal verb

[intransitive] phrasal verb
Example

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

Synonyms and related words
emerge pop up spring up happen come about occur
2

if a name or subject crops up, someone mentions it

Example

Alice's name keeps cropping up in our conversations.

Synonyms and related words
mention refer to invoke
Definition crop up in British English