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rock up

verb

  1. informal,  (intr, adverb) to arrive late or unannounced

“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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But the Alexander Isak saga has added a heap of spice to the occasion as the wantaway striker's suitors rock up on Tyneside.

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Additional taxes and fees brought the total price of the rock up to about $5.3m,

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A lot of players rock up to Wimbledon feeling quite unsettled, and those who have lost earlier at Roland Garros almost have a bit of an advantage.

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"If the German forces ever decided to rock up at Great Yarmouth, she would prevent access," said Dr Bennett.

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“L.A. had cool bands, but the Orange County sound — that surf skate sound that came out Orange County — that’s what blew punk rock up,” Grisham said.

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