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

It then overlaid a valuation screen on its score card, and came up with four names.

From Barron's

And I just kept coming up against that and thought: What happens when you try to build the infrastructure of friendships on the page?

From Los Angeles Times

In December, City Councilmember Traci Park filed a motion to order the city to come up with a cost estimate and identify funding sources.

From Los Angeles Times

Heather Anne Campbell, who has written for Saturday Night Live and Rick & Morty, said the results were akin to fan fiction, and that people would still be required to come up with original ideas.

From BBC

Pinterest shares were sinking after disappointing results, with one analyst warning that AI disruption risk for the visual search and discovery company was coming up fast.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

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