spring up

phrasal verb

sprang up or sprung up; sprung up; springing up; springs up

: to grow or appear suddenly

The weeds sprang up overnight.

New housing developments are springing up all over the state.

Examples of spring up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some 25 CCAs have sprung up around California in recent years, combining to serve more than 14 million customers in more than 200 cities and contracting in excess of 18,000 megawatts of renewable generation capacity through power purchase agreements with terms of 10 years or more. —Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025

Protests have sprung up against the growing number of enforcement sweeps the federal agency is handling. —Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 14 June 2025

Investors are also transfixed by nuclear power, Cramer said, as energy-guzzling data centers continue to spring up. —Julie Coleman, CNBC, 11 June 2025

Protests that sprang up in Los Angeles over immigration enforcement raids and prompted President Trump to mobilize National Guard troops and Marines have begun to spread across the country, with more planned into the weekend. —CBS News, 10 June 2025

Rhymes for spring up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup