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put in an appearance

VERB
turn up
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appear attend come in enter materialize show up
WEAK
blow in get get in make an appearance pop in punch in reach roll in show weigh in
Antonyms
STRONGEST
be absent depart exit go hide leave
WEAK
abandon lose miss

Example Sentences

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Harris was here just last fall, though it’s been a few years since President Joe Biden has put in an appearance.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2023

Biden put in an appearance in Monterey Park, a city of about 60,000 people just east of Los Angeles, less than two months after a horrific mass shooting there.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2023

They also put in an appearance off the coast of Dover, in Kent.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2021

But when the reason is “I don’t want to” … usually you’re better off if you suck it up and put in an appearance.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2019

Showing it all around, he ended up in front of his older son, who during the past few days had barely put in an appearance in the laboratory.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez