come up
verb
came up; come up; coming up; comes up
intransitive verb
1
: rise sense 6
2
: to come near : make an approach
came up and introduced himself
3
: to rise in rank or status
an officer who came up from the ranks
4
a
: to come to attention or consideration
the question never came up
b
: to occur in the course of time
any problem that may come up
5
: to turn out to be
the coin came up tails
6
chiefly dialectal : grow up
Synonyms
- approach
- belly up
- close
- close in
- draw on
- near
- nigh
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Example Sentences
the girl came up to the counter and asked if she could have her order prepared to go let me know if anything else comes up during the project
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
come up empty
phrase
as in collapse
to be unsuccessful We searched for a viable candidate but came up empty. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- collapse
- fail
- flop
- struggle
- fall flat
- fall short
- fold
- strike out
- miss
- wash out
- bomb
- come to grief
- founder
- tank
- fall on one's face
- flame out
- flunk
- crater
- lay an egg
- die on the vine
- come a cropper
- decline
- crash
- slip
- slump
- crumble
- skid
- go under
- wane
- flounder
- miscarry
- sink
- misfire
- implode
- self-destruct
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- go
- work out
- succeed
- deliver
- come off
- click
- pan out
- thrive
- go over
- flourish
- cook
- prevail
- prosper
- triumph
- win