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crops up

crops up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 crops up

What is crops up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Crops up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of crop up.

Words near crops up in the dictionary

  1. cropraising
  2. Cropredy
  3. cropropamide
  4. crops
  5. crops out
  6. crops up
  7. cropsick
  8. cropsickness
  9. cropt
  10. croptop
  11. croptops

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