show up
phrasal verbshow up
- (informal) to arrive where you have arranged to meet somebody or do something
- It was getting late when she finally showed up.
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show up | show something up
- to start to be able to be seen; to make something start to be able to be seen
- a broken bone showed up on the X-ray
- The harsh light showed up the lines on her face.
show somebody up
- (British English, informal) to make somebody feel embarrassed by behaving badly
- He showed me up by snoring during the concert.
- to make somebody feel embarrassed by doing something better than them
- Don’t worry about being shown up by the kids—they’ve always used computers.