come up

verb

1. to come to a place regarded as higher
2. (of the sun) to rise
3. to begin

   a wind came up

4. to be regurgitated or vomited
5. to present itself or be discussed

   that question will come up again

6. to begin a term, esp one's first term, at a college or university
7. to appear from out of the ground

   my beans have come up early this year

8. informal.
   to win

   have your premium bonds ever come up?

9. come up against
   to be faced with; come into conflict or competition with
10. come up to
    to equal or meet a standard

    that just doesn't come up to scratch

11. come up with
    to produce or find

    she always comes up with the right answer

Example Sentences

“I’m able to use a tool to come up with a full-on trailer,” Adana said.

From Los Angeles Times

Theorists haven’t been able to come up with a solution to the Hubble tension that could explain the difference yet either, said Saul Perlmutter, a Nobel Prize–winning cosmologist at the University of California, Berkeley.

From Salon

The trick for Pelinka is in convincing the two stars that there is a way they can come up for air.

From Los Angeles Times

The agency said it came up with its recommended level to protect sensitive subgroups and that the potential for health effects just above it are “unknown.”

From Salon

"My mama used to come up at bath time wearing the crown to practise," he said in remarks which will be broadcast in a new documentary.

From BBC

Related Words

• arise
• crop up
• occur
• rise
• turn up