rock up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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So I feel like Sisyphus, where you’re always pushing the rock up the hill and it’s never enough.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
"So, do I go back for Sherpa, who's probably going to rock up and be fine, as he has done hundreds of times before?" he added.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
“If they don’t rock up like this for baked goods, what’s the point?” one person wrote, while another said, “I would say go get that bread, but it looks like you’re providing the bread.”
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
It’s like Sisyphus pushing the rock up the hill.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026
There was only one other rock up there that they might conceivably move; but that was half as big as a cottage, big as a car, a tank.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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