come/crawl out of the woodwork

idiom

disapproving

: to appear suddenly usually because one sees an opportunity to get something for oneself

As soon as she won the lottery, people started coming out of the woodwork, asking for money.

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As the time ahead of Election Day dwindles, celebrities, entrepreneurs, and influential businesspeople have come out of the woodwork to throw their support behind one of the presidential candidates. —

Sydney Lake, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024 An acquaintance from your past may come out of the woodwork. —

USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024 At this point, a new Porsche 911 restomod offering seems to come out of the woodwork nearly daily. —

Christian Gilbertsen, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2024 The back-and-forth rallies reflect a political divide that seems poised to become more pronounced in The Villages as its Democrats come out of the woodwork, re-energized by Harris’s entry to the race. —

Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 31 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for come/crawl out of the woodwork

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