show up

Example Sentences

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Then you just have to do what taverngoers have done for the last 250 years: Show up and order a drink—then do it again and again until everyone there knows your name.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

“All federal workers must once again show up to work. Show up to work in person like the rest of us. It doesn’t work when you don’t show up,” he said.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2025

Show up early for smartly arranged opening sets by Father John Misty and Nickel Creek.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

The premise is simple: Show up with a book, commit to vanquishing a chapter or two and chat with strangers about what you’ve just read.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2023

Show up, listen, and act so she knows you heard her.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely