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crop out

verb

  1. intr, adverb (of a formation of rock strata) to appear or be exposed at the surface of the ground; outcrop
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Rise to the surface, become visible or evident, as in These superstitions crop out time and again . This term originated in mining, where a stratum or vein of ore is said to crop out when it comes to the surface. [Mid-1800s]
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Example Sentences

Do you know, Master Darner, I'm sorely tempted to pitch you neck and crop out of the window?

I wondered greatly that such a foible should crop out in a man of otherwise sound sense and plain ability.

Then pull the crop out, and with it the windpipe, as in Fig. 6, taking pains not to tear the skin nor to break the crop.

If you insist on making women ignorant and silly, be sure their ignorance and silliness will crop out.

Youd hardly know what weakness is if it did not so crop out in this human race you made.

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