Complete Definition of "come out of the woodwork"

English

Verb
infl|en|verb|head=to come out of the woodwork

  1. idiom 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.

See also
coming out of one's ears

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