come up
verb
What it means
- verb bring forth, usually something desirable “The committee came up with some interesting recommendations”
- verb be mentioned “These names came up in the discussion”
- verb result or issue “A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion”
- verb start running, functioning, or operating “the lights went on”
- verb move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody “He came singing down the road”
- verb come up, of celestial bodies “The sun also rises”
- verb come to the surface
- verb originate or come into being “a question arose”
- verb get something or somebody for a specific purpose “I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener”
- verb gather or bring together “muster the courage to do something”
- verb gather (money or other resources) together over time “She had scraped together enough money for college”
- verb move upward “The fog lifted”