"crawl out of the woodwork" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: crawls out of the woodwork [present, singular, third-person], crawling out of the woodwork [participle, present], crawled out of the woodwork [participle, past], crawled out of the woodwork [past]
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  1. Synonym of come out of the woodwork Synonyms: come out of the woodwork [synonym, synonym-of]
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