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 with
phrase
as in devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination Everyone was asked to come up with at least three ideas before the end of the meeting. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- devise
- concoct
- construct
- invent
- make up
- design
- trump up
- drum up
- manufacture
- vamp (up)
- produce
- excogitate
- think (up)
- hatch
- cook (up)
- dream
- contrive
- vision
- imagine
- visualize
- conceive
- fabricate
- envision
- improvise
- coin
- fantasize
- daydream
- envisage
- extemporize
- picture
- ad-lib
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- copy
- reproduce
- duplicate
- mimic
- imitate
- replicate
- clone
- reduplicate
- copycat
- begunk
- behalf
- behalves
- Behan
- Behari
- behatted
- behave
- behaved
- behaver
- behavers
- behaves
- behaving
- behavior
- behavior disorder
- behavior genetics
- behavior modification
- behavior problem
- behavior therapist
- behavior therapy
- behavioral
- behavioral ecologist
- behavioral ecology
- behavioral genetics
- behavioral modification
- behavioral science