spring up

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

Concurrently, gleaming shopping centers and luxury condos have sprung up everywhere, including on the site of the airport depicted in the 1942 film Casablanca. —Liza Foreman, Architectural Digest, 30 Apr. 2026

Over the last 50 years, industrial tree plantations have sprung up in the region, growing mainly non-native pines and eucalyptus, which are especially flammable. —Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026

Tourism agencies dedicated to serving disabled travelers have sprung up, too. —ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026

The news spread on social media, and protests sprang up in cities across the country for a few days, creating the biggest anti-government demonstration since the 1959 revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power. —Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for spring up

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