come out of the woodwork

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[edit] English

[edit] Verb

to come out of the woodwork

  1. (idiomatic) to appear or emerge as though out of nowhere, frequently in large numbers or quantity
    He won the lottery last year and he has had old "friends" and distant relatives coming out of the woodwork ever since.

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