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come up
verb
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What it means

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