Definition of shown 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.

verb - transitive

• to outperform.

  We sure showed up the other team.

  Last edited on Jun 12 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 03 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'show':
Dog and phony show	Definitions include: dog and phony show
dog and pony show	Definitions include: a sales pitch.
freakshow	Definitions include: a person whose behavior exhibits a deviation from the norm.
get the show on the road	Definitions include: to start.
gong show	Definitions include: a hockey game or something that went all worng.
no call no show	Definitions include: not going to work and not calling to explain one's absence.
no-show	Definitions include: someone or something that didn't show up as arranged.
sh*t show	Definitions include: a drunken event/night of epic proportions.
show	Definitions include: of a pregnant woman, to be visibly pregnant.
show off	Definitions include: to showily demonstrate one's knowledge, talent, possessions, etc.
show on	Definitions include: A showing off person
show (one's) *ss	Definitions include: To unintentionally reveal one's true intentions or motives, sometimes resulting in negative consequences.
show (one's) O face	Definitions include: to have an orgasm.
show (one's) stuff	Definitions include: to demonstrate one's talent.
show some skin	Definitions include: to show unclothed skin.
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Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
as f*cked up as a football bat	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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