come up

British  

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. to be faced with; come into conflict or competition with

10. to equal or meet a standard

    that just doesn't come up to scratch

11. to produce or find

    she always comes up with the right answer

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come up Idioms  

1. Arise, present itself, as in This question never came up . [Mid-1800s]

2. Rise (from a lower place to a higher one) as in We'll leave as soon as the sun comes up . [9th century]

3. Also, come up to . Approach, come near, as in He came up and said hello , or The dog came right up to Nora . [Early 1700s]

4. Also, come up to . Rise in status or value, be equal to, as in His paintings will never come up to his teacher's , or This officer came up through the ranks . [c. 1600] A variant is , used for someone who has risen in rank, wealth, or status; for example, He has really come up in the world—he now owns a yacht , or I could see at once that she was a woman who would rise in the world . Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with come up .

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Example Sentences

From the beginning, we came up with every step together, we cast it together, we did all of that together.”

From Los Angeles Times

Natcen came up with six categories of Welsh voter, with the aim of representing a broad spread of opinions and beliefs across the electorate.

From BBC

The fact that these two issues are coming up now — together— is no accident.

From Los Angeles Times

Northern Ireland's defeat in Italy was filled with pride about a youthful squad who took on one of Europe's heavyweights but came up short, which was in stark contrast to the pain in Cardiff.

From BBC

He could retrieve years’ worth of memories of eating it—making it, he came up blank.

From Literature

Related Words

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