: to be present; especially : to appear at a formal or planned gathering usually for a brief time only
the candidate put in an appearance at five rallies in one night
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put in an appearance see under ↑appear
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Main Entry: ↑put
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to go somewhere for a short time, especially because you feel you have an obligation to go there
I think I ought to put in an appearance at the office before lunch.
Thesaurus: to arrive in a place, or to enter a placesynonym to visit a person or place, or to be visited by someonesynonym general words meaning to leave a placesynonym
Main entry: appearance
Useful english dictionary. 2012.