waltz (up)

verb

Definition of waltz (up)next
as in to turn up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waltz (up)
  1. turn up
  2. arrive
  3. show up
  4. reach
  5. draw on
  6. come up
  7. hit
  8. attain
Verb
  • Many look-alikes will simply turn up and look like their doppelgänger, but Oliver embodies Brent for hours and hours, quoting beloved routines from The Office and improvising in character himself.
    Ralph Jones, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
  • For example, roasted turnips turned up in the second course, among a medley of root vegetables.
    Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of turn up
Verb
  • An old-school World War II drama, a quietly powerful Irish drama, a Christmas story and a fantasy anime arrive in movie theaters this week.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The more affordable, $36,000 single motor trim with a roughly 260-mile range will arrive in 2025, so it's still delayed.
    Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of arrive
Verb
  • Certainly not Harris or Trump, as neither of them showed up on the Comedy Central show.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
  • In the first couple of hours Tuesday night after polls close, there may be a lot of red showing up on the map for Trump and other Republicans, but that may be a function of population density.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of show up
Verb
  • Local health officials are working to reach everyone who may have had contact with the infected individual, and they are expected to do so in this case, said Preston Merchant, a spokesman for the San Mateo County health department.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Wind chills reached minus 36 Fahrenheit (minus 38 Celsius) that night in January 2022 as the family from India set out on foot to meet a waiting van.
    Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
Definition of reach
Verb
  • For Eisenberg, however, the film drew on a lot of personal connections — not just to his character, but to the region.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Average allocation of legal function workload CLOs seeking to meet expectations and deliver consistently superior service must draw on both internal and external resources, while optimizing their teams’ skills and tools.
    Richard Punt, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of draw on
Verb
  • Gino Filippone was at a dinner with seasoned real-estate brokers this spring when the obvious topic came up: the NAR settlement.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The larger cities in the Bay Area, while mostly coming up in the middle of the pack, did make improvements from last year.
    Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of come up
Verb
  • But the latest model still pushes battery life to lengths few machines have hit in our testing, with an unprecedented 28 hours and 33 minutes of video playback time.
    Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • There was no immediate report of casualties or details on what was hit.
    Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of hit
Verb
  • By the standards of Sin City, the casino has attained a modest amount of infamy and lore over its 25 years in operation.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
  • However, as he's moved further from New York reality star to conservative politician and champion of evangelical priorities, he's attained an 81 percent approval from white evangelicals, per PRRI, in 2024.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of attain
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“Waltz (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waltz%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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