1. (verb) come up
bring forth, usually something desirable
"The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"
2. (verb) arise, come up
result or issue
"A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
3. (verb) come, come up
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"
4. (verb) surface, come up, rise up, rise
come to the surface
5. (verb) arise, come up, bob up
originate or come into being
"a question arose"
6. (verb) rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
move upward
"The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
7. (verb) come up
be mentioned
"These names came up in the discussion"
8. (verb) go on, come up, come on
start running, functioning, or operating
"the lights went on"; "the computer came up"
9. (verb) line up, get hold, come up, find
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"
10. (verb) rise, come up, uprise, ascend
come up, of celestial bodies
"The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
11. (verb) scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up
gather (money or other resources) together over time
"She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"
12. (verb) muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up
gather or bring together
"muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"
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