'come up' definitions:

Definition of 'come up'

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verb
Bring forth, usually something desirable; "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"
verb
Result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion" [syn: arise, come up]
verb
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" [syn: come, come up] [ant: depart, go, go away]
verb
Come to the surface [syn: surface, come up, rise up, rise]
verb
Originate or come into being; "a question arose" [syn: arise, come up, bob up]
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Move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down]
verb
Be mentioned; "These names came up in the discussion"
verb
Start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up" [syn: go on, come up, come on] [ant: go off]
verb
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" [syn: line up, get hold, come up, find]
verb
Come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" [syn: rise, come up, uprise, ascend] [ant: go down, go under, set]
verb
Gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living" [syn: scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up]
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Gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage" [syn: muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up]

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