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rock up

British  

verb

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

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"The trajectory of the way he's been playing means you expect him to rock up and get a couple of hundreds," he told Talksport.

From Barron's

If they rock up and play in the manner they did when they beat Newcastle here last week then there is only one winner, but will we see Nuno Espirito Santo's side play with that same intensity?

From BBC

"I'm not expecting to just rock up and start kicking field goals. It would be a lot of practice."

From BBC

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

From BBC

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

From BBC