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crop up

idiom

To occur, especially suddenly or unexpectedly.


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Related idioms4entries
  1. 01

    bumper crop

    An excess of something; a large yield.

  2. 02

    cream of the crop

    The best or most desirable among some selection.

  3. 03

    cream the crop

    To pick out the most valuable or desirable things or people from a group for one's own interests.

  4. 04

    specialty crop

    Any of various crops cultivated for, or managed and gathered for, human use (in food, personal hygiene, medicine, or decoration) rather than as animal feed, fodder, or forage.

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