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

The deaths since the storms began on Wednesday included 10 in Tennessee, which saw powerful tornadoes spring up from an initial wave of storms last week and continued to face heavy flooding through the weekend. —CBS News, 7 Apr. 2025

The groups sprang up across the country with Iranian financial and military support in the chaotic wake of the 2003 U.S. invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, and have become formidable forces that can rival the national army in firepower. —Ahmed Rasheed, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025

That association represents the many online sportsbook companies that have sprung up as well as casinos. —Katia Riddle, NPR, 29 Mar. 2025

The Thai capital is not a city used to earthquakes and in recent decades condominiums have sprung up across its congested streets. —Ross Adkin, Alex Stambaugh and Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for spring up

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