make\ an\ appearance

make\ an\ appearance
• put in an appearance
• make an appearance
v. phr.
To be present, esp. for a short time; visit; appear.

He put in an appearance at work, but he was too ill to stay.

The president put in an appearance at several dances the evening after he was sworn in.


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