spring up

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to appear or develop quickly and / or suddenly

   And so a torturous, roundabout refugee trail sprang up.

   to combat the plague which is already springing up there.

In the movies · 4

• And so a torturous, roundabout refugee trail sprang up.Casablanca1943
• to combat the plague which is already springing up there.Gladiator2000
• Chapters have sprung up in five or six other major cities already.Fight Club1999

Learn it in full scenes

• Casablanca1943
  • Ugarte Hands Rick the Letters
  • Ferrari Tries to Buy Rick's Café
  • Renault Warns Rick About Laszlo
• Fight Club1999
  • Tyler Holds a Gun on Jack
  • Narrator Cries at Support Groups
  • Narrator and Marla Expose Each Other

From the same entry

• full of the joys of spring
• spring into action
• spring a leak
• spring a trap
• hope springs eternal
• come to mind
• spring for
• spring from
• spring from