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. come
  5. reach
  6. draw on
  7. come up
  8. hit
Verb
  • In London, hundreds of people turned up in the financial district for a Wednesday morning dance-off before work, as appetite grows worldwide for daytime raves.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Brown apologized on behalf of Jones Road, noting that her team ran a trademark search that didn’t turn up any previous ownership of the name.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of turn up
Verb
  • Subject to eligibility, these trials usually last for just a few days, so be sure to cancel your subscription before your first bill arrives.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Reports indicate that several hundred protesters followed that directive, arriving in downtown Milan and, eventually, clashing with police.
    — Chiara Pizzimenti, Vanity Fair, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of arrive
Verb
  • Desperate for actual contact with Holmes, Fielder has arranged to meet her briefly at the prison before Evans shows up.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Organizers say about half as many people showed up to Mill Creek Park than there were for the previous No Kings rally in March.
    — Dominick Williams, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of show up
Verb
  • The post came roughly seven hours after Anthropic's Sunday announcement.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In a matter of weeks, when the midterm results are tallied and the next campaign begins, Democrats with presidential dreams know the question will be coming.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of come
Verb
  • The company’s Club for the Future nonprofit has reached nearly 700,000 Florida students and 65,000 educators since 2019.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Attackers use it to control who reaches their malicious content while showing something harmless to other visitors.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of reach
Verb
  • Giving Martian soils a common language The new research work introduces the term ‘areths’ for Martian soil classes, drawing on Ares, the Greek name for Mars.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The analysis drew on 864 dogs enrolled in the multi-year, nationwide Dog Aging Project, giving researchers one of the largest genetic datasets ever gathered on canine aging.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of draw on
Verb
  • Jio Platforms, the company at the center of Musk's remarks, is coming up with a record IPO issue soon, but its valuation demands have met with pushback from investors who seem unconvinced of the company's positioning as a tech business.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Basically every month coming up, the brand will have a Colony Hotel suite takeover.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of come up
Verb
  • Prosecutors said Wilcox was hit by gunfire, fell to the ground and fired three more gunshots at the officers.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The different program sales operations of Skydance hit the Côte d’Azur under their pre-existing Paramount and WB brands.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of hit
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