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flash up en · VERB
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(intransitive) To appear suddenly on a screen.
The minutes ticked by - nine, eight, seven. The screens behind both goals flashed up images of Scotland fans and their 1000-yard stares. Six minutes to play and Frantzdy Pierrot rises above Grant Hanley and nuts one just wide.
2026 June 14, Tom English, “Why Haiti v Scotland was antidote to the ills of world football”, in BBC Sport:The word "ERROR" flashed up on the monitor, accompanied by a beeping sound.
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