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Definition turn up like a bad penny in British English

turn up like a bad penny phrase

phrase
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if someone who you do not like turns up like a bad penny, they always seem to appear in situations where you do not want them

Example

Tom was the bad penny that always turned up.

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Definition turn up like a bad penny in British English