show up

verb

To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically. (intransitive) · Please come on time; don't just show up whenever you feel like it.· No matter how many I throw away, more copies always show up.
To be easily visible; to be conspicuous. (intransitive) · Stains really show up on this white tablecloth.
To make visible; to expose. (transitive) · This bright light shows up the dust in the corners of the room.· I bet the Jayhawk fast break could show up the Nimrod's lack of speed.
To make visible or expose faults and deficiencies in, usually by outdoing, outperforming, or outcompeting another. (transitive) · I finished in five minutes and she showed me up by finishing in three.· It showed her up in her true colors.
To produce an impression on observers; to come off. (dated, intransitive)

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