Explain and Show up

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Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.
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Show up and explain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Show up" instead a verb "Explain".
Nearby Words: explanation, explained, explaining, explicable, explainable

Show up

Show up verb - To come into view.
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Explain and show up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Show up".

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  • Cosmic Retcon Instead of just having him show up and explain that he was Only Mostly Dead, she has the other characters pulled back in time by an evil plan of the Big Bad; in the process, they manage to prevent the events that lead to the death of the character, and when they get back, ta-da!
    Source: Cosmic Retcon
  • A narrator may show up and explain everything that's happening onscreen.
    Source: Lull Destruction
  • Then the Constructicons show up and explain how their here to spread peace and happiness, having apparently turned over a new leaf.... Then Scrapper and Hook laugh evilly before promptly starting a massive all out Decepticon attack on New York.
    Source: Downer Beginning
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