Sprung up like mushrooms In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "sprung up like mushrooms", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2021-12-17 03:12

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Spring up like mushrooms phrase

To become greater in number quickly and unexpectedly.

 

Students majoring in business administration have sprung up like mushrooms in recent years.

Houses and shopping centers are springing up like mushrooms on what was once farmland.

I remember that last year after Ronaldo endorsed this shirt, stores selling it sprang up like mushrooms.

Other phrases about:

leaps and bounds

Rapidly or quickly; rapid increase, progress or development

step up

1. Come forward in order to something

2. Increase the size, amount, speed, effectiveness  ect. of something

crank up

1. To turn a crank on something in order for it to start working.

2. Used to prompt or cause someone to do something.

3. To intensify.

4. To begin.

5. To increase the volume of something.

Grammar and Usage of Spring up like mushrooms

Verb Forms

  • sprang up like mushrooms
  • springing up like mushrooms
  • sprung up like mushrooms

The verb "spring" must be conjugated according to its tense.
 

Origin of Spring up like mushrooms

This phrase originated from the fact that mushrooms grow fast and in large numbers.

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