If something crops up, it appears or happens, usually unexpectedly.
His name has cropped up at every selection meeting this season...
= come up
PHRASAL VERB: V P
If something crops up, it appears or happens, usually unexpectedly.
His name has cropped up at every selection meeting this season...
= come up
PHRASAL VERB: V P
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012