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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: appear suddenly or unexpectedly; "The farm popped into view as we turned the corner"; "He suddenly popped up out of nowhere" [syn: crop up, pop up, pop]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If something crops up, it appears or happens, usually unexpectedly. His name has cropped up at every selection meeting this season... = come up PHRASAL VERB: V P

Moby Thesaurus

appear, approach, arise, be born, become, break out, burst forth, chance, come along, come forth, come into being, come into existence, come on, come out, come to be, draw on, erupt, get to be, have origin, irrupt, issue, issue forth, materialize, originate, pop up, present itself, rise, show up, spring up, take birth, take rise, turn up