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单词 come up
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come up

phrasal verb with come uk/kʌm/us/kʌm/verb came, come

(MOVE TOWARDS)

B2 to move towards someone:

A young girl came up to me and asked for money.

More examples

  • He just came up to me and punched me.
  • He came up to me at a party and introduced himself.
  • A small child came up and asked me for money.

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Advancing and moving forward

  • advance
  • advancing
  • approach
  • beeline
  • come
  • come over
  • gain
  • gain on sb/sth
  • glide
  • head
  • make
  • make for somewhere/sth
  • make towards sth/sb
  • proceed
  • pull
  • push
  • run
  • slide
  • slip

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(BE MENTIONED)

B2 to be mentioned or talked about in conversation:

What points came up at the meeting?

More examples

  • The subject of payment didn't come up.
  • Did any new points come up when you spoke to him?
  • If the subject of divorce comes up, try to change the subject.

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Quoting & making references

  • above
  • aforementioned
  • allusive
  • bandy sth around
  • bring
  • cross-reference
  • direct speech
  • drag
  • misquote
  • passing
  • pursuant
  • quotation
  • quote
  • quote... unquote idiom
  • reference
  • referent
  • said
  • touch
  • touch on/upon sth
  • undermentioned

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(APPEAR)

B2 When the sun or moon comes up, it rises.

C1 If information comes up on a computer screen, it appears there.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Moving upwards

  • ascend
  • ascent
  • be on an upward/downward trajectory idiom
  • bristle
  • clamber
  • climb
  • come
  • heave
  • hoick
  • levitate
  • mount
  • pull
  • rear
  • rise
  • scale
  • scramble
  • shin
  • shinny
  • soar
  • take off

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Appearing & disappearing

(BECOME AVAILABLE)

C1 If a job or opportunity comes up, it becomes available:

A position has come up in the accounts department.

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Occurring and happening

  • afoot
  • assail
  • asynchronous
  • attendant
  • be at work idiom
  • become
  • come
  • come round
  • event
  • go ahead
  • go down
  • go hand in hand with sth idiom
  • go together
  • go with sth
  • hand
  • happen
  • intervene
  • materialize
  • turn up
  • underway

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(HAPPEN)

C1 to happen, usually unexpectedly:

I've got to go - something has just come up at home and I'm needed there.
be coming up

B2 to be happening soon:

My exams are coming up soon.

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Occurring and happening

  • afoot
  • assail
  • asynchronous
  • attendant
  • be at work idiom
  • become
  • come
  • come round
  • event
  • go ahead
  • go down
  • go hand in hand with sth idiom
  • go together
  • go with sth
  • hand
  • happen
  • intervene
  • materialize
  • turn up
  • underway

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