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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
show up

1826, "to disgrace through exposure," see show (v.) + up (adv.). Meaning "to put in an appearance, be present" is from 1888.

Wiktionary
show up

vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically. 2 (context transitive idiomatic English) To outperform or one-up, often in an arrogant manner. 3 (context transitive English) To make visible; to expose.

WordNet
show up

  1. v. appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again" [syn: come on, come out, turn up, surface]

  2. be or become visible or noticeable; "His good upbringing really shows"; "The dirty side will show" [syn: show]

Usage examples of "show up".

Vitale would be stuck again for a fry cook when I didn't show up, but it couldn't be helped.

In the meantime, you should go home and maybe Dougie will show up.

I went up to the radio shack and looked at the fleet scheds, and every one of their cows is being escorted by a destroyer, sometimes even by a couple in case a submarine tries to show up at a meeting place on the ocean.

It was easier to make a good mark, one that would show up in the dusky recesses, if he walked backward and held it down behind his progress.

We must be on guard perpetually lest it show up and sneak through Immigration.

These qualities of mine (perhaps defects, perhaps not) will show up in the (very brief) responses I will make to your questions.

The old features will show up no matter how cunning the plasticine.