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Come up

Come up Meaning & Definition
Come up Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Come up?

[v] occur; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
[v] gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"
[v] gather together over time; as of money or other resources; "She had scraped together enough money for college"
[v] start running, functioning, or operating, as of lights or power
[v] bring forth, usually something desirable; "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"
[v] move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"
[v] move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
[v] come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
[v] come to the surface
[v] get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
[v] originate or come into being; "aquestion arose"
[v] be mentioned; "These names came up in the discussion"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Come up: arise | arise | arise | bob up | come | come on | find | get hold | go on | lift | line up | move up | muster | muster up | rally | scrape | scrape up | summon

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See Also | accompany | accost | accumulate | acquire | address | amass | approach | ascend | attach to | become | bring forth | bubble up | chandelle | climb | climb up | collect | come about | come in | come near | come on | come through | come up | come up | come up | come up to | come with | compile | condense | draw close | draw near | emanate | emerge | garner | gather | generate | get | get going | go | go | go on | go up | go with | hap | happen | hoard | intumesce | locomote | make it | mount | move | near | occur | open | open up | pass | pass off | pile up | pull round | pull through | pull together | resurface | rise | rise up | rocket | scend | skyrocket | soar | soar up | soar upwards | start | steam | succeed | surface | surge | survive | swell | take place | travel | uplift | uprise | well | win | zoom

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