show up

Meaning

1. Oxford90% of films

   to arrive where you have arranged to meet sb or do sth

2. Oxford10% of films

   to become visible; to make sth become visible

In the movies · 196

• - What? - That guy that showed up today...Out of the Past1947
• OK let s goThe Transporter2002
• At my age... I only care that they show up at all.The Towering Inferno1974
• I didn't show up, either.Puss in Boots: The Last Wish2022
• Why didn't anyone show up?The House Bunny2008
• You show up at the house?!Air2023
• Show up for what?Collateral2004
• Except I did show up.The Internship2013

Learn it in full scenes

• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish2022
  • Puss Crashes His Own Fiesta
  • Puss Learns He Has Died
  • The Doctor Gives Puss His Last Life

From the same entry

• it goes to show
• show the door
• show your face
• show your hand
• show who's boss
• show the way
• show willing
• something, nothing, to show for
• fly the flag
• go through your paces
• show the ropes
• show around

More phrasal verbs

• go out with
• hang on
• work out
• go away
• put up with
• come over
• come up with
• calm down
• run out
• move on
• take off
• stand up