WALTZED (UP) Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

waltzed (up)

verb

past tense of waltz (up)

as in turned up

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The 20-day has turned up and appears to be crossing the 50, and LVS has outperformed the S&P since the beginning of H2 26; those who want to try to call the rebound early should probably consider calls for the job.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
Another search of Davis’ associated home turned up a Monte Carlo receipt for the time Shakur was killed.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of turned up

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This tells you how incredible our crew and production staff were — three-fourths of them showed up to the karaoke bar in Hawaiian shirts in solidarity.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026
Larson showed up at the buzzer, and won — hours after finishing sixth in Richmond.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of showed up

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That’s the group of free agents who garner the most attention, players who have reached six years of service time or more.

— Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026
The companies’ interest in the Monarch data center shows how the feeding frenzy for compute has reached a new pitch as AI companies look to nail down capacity amid the AI buildout.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of reached

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In the preseason finale on Friday night, the Dallas Cowboys came up just short after a fourth-quarter rally and fell to the New Orleans Saints 27-24.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
Trainers put his leg in an air cast, and players from both teams came up to the rookie before he was carted off the field.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of came up

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After the Philippines attained independence, in 1946, with the country’s economy constricted from more than three centuries of colonization, a diaspora spread around the world.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
The Tennessee singer-songwriter, actor, and philanthropist hailed from a vanishing class, a 20th-century monocultural phenomenon who attained a household-name status that never lost its luster.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

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