come up to

Idioms  

1. see come up, def. 3 and 4.

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come up to

"People will come up to us at conferences and state that you can't target the mitochondria because they're too important," said Gibson.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

In conversations with France, whose president, Emmanuel Macron, speaks to Carney often, the idea has even come up to allow Canadians to live and work in Europe visa-free, two officials familiar with those discussions said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

“Normally when I film the white sharks around humans, they will come up to a human, figure out it’s a human and then leave,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

While people can simply come up to the till and ask to use the funds, they've also come up with a more discreet method.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Harry reached down to pet the little white and brown, beagle-y-eared-looking dog that’d come up to sniff her leg.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith