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cropped up

cropped up is the simple past and past participle of crop up.

Meaning of crop up

Verb

crop up (third-person singular simple present crops up, present participle cropping up, simple past and past participle cropped up)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To occur, especially suddenly or unexpectedly.
    • We'll finish tonight if no problems crop up.

Questions about cropped up

What is cropped up the simple past and past participle of?
Cropped up is the simple past and past participle of crop up.

Words near cropped up in the dictionary

  1. Cropp
  2. Croppa Creek
  3. croppable
  4. cropped
  5. cropped out
  6. cropped up
  7. cropper
  8. croppers
  9. croppest
  10. croppeth
  11. croppie

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