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Definition of show up

show up

verb

  • to appear.
    Your boss is gonna can you if you don't show up tomorrow.

    Last edited on May 15 2004. Submitted by Nina R. from Shorewood, WI, USA on May 15 2004.

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Other terms relating to 'show':

Definitions include: dog and phony show
Definitions include: a sales pitch.
Definitions include: a person whose behavior exhibits a deviation from the norm.
Definitions include: to start.
Definitions include: a hockey game or something that went all worng.
Definitions include: not going to work and not calling to explain one's absence.
Definitions include: someone or something that didn't show up as arranged.
Definitions include: a drunken event/night of epic proportions.
Definitions include: of a pregnant woman, to be visibly pregnant.
Definitions include: to showily demonstrate one's knowledge, talent, possessions, etc.
Definitions include: A showing off person
Definitions include: To unintentionally reveal one's true intentions or motives, sometimes resulting in negative consequences.
Definitions include: to have an orgasm.
Definitions include: to demonstrate one's talent.
Definitions include: to show unclothed skin.

Other terms relating to 'up':

Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: to misbehave.
Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
Definitions include: to increase.
Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
Definitions include: to mess up.
Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
Definitions include: to make something like ass.
Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
Definitions include: stupid.
Definitions include: strange / stupid.

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