come up
come
kƌm
kam
up
ƌp
ap
/kˈʌm ˈʌp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "come up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to come up
[phrase form: come]
01

āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āϏāĻŽā§€āĻĒ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

to move toward someone, usually in order to talk to them
Intransitive: to come up | to come up to sb
to come up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As I was browsing in the store, a salesperson came up and offered to help me find what I was looking for.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦā§āϰāĻžāωāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āϤāĻ–āύ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϤāĻž āĻāϏ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āϝāĻž āϖ⧁āρāϜāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϤāĻž āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āωāĻ āĻž, āĻ“āĻ āĻž

to rise, typically in a physical sense
Intransitive
to come up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the tide receded, the hidden rocks came up from beneath the water's surface.
āĻœā§‹āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇, āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āϤāϞāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āωāϠ⧇ āĻāϞāĨ¤
03

āωāĻ āĻž, āφāϏāĻž

to cause someone to feel or experience a particular emotion, often unexpectedly.
Intransitive
to come up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Talking about the past can make strong emotions come up.
āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāϞ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āωāϠ⧇ āφāϏāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
04

āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϤāϝāĻŧāĻž

to present or introduce something, particularly something desirable
Transitive: to come up with an idea or innovation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Our company aims to come up with an eco-friendly initiative to reduce carbon emissions.
āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύ āύāĻŋāσāϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŦ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ— āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāĨ¤
05

āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

to emerge or be produced as a consequence or outcome
Transitive: to come up with a consequence or outcome
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The investigation will likely come up with findings that shed light on the incident.
āϤāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻž āϘāϟāύāĻžāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āĻ•āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
06

āωāϠ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

to emerge to the visible or accessible level of water
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The submarine will come up from the ocean depths in a matter of minutes.
āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻŽā§‡āϰāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āωāϠ⧇ āφāϏāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
07

āωāĻ āĻž, āĻšāĻžāϜāĻŋāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to arise or occur, especially unexpectedly or suddenly
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I apologize for being late; something unexpected came up at work.
āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€; āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āϘāĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
08

āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of a machine) to begin operating
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It 's important to allow the computer a few minutes to come up after a software update.
āϏāĻĢā§āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āφāĻĒāĻĄā§‡āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāωāϟāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
09

āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϏāĻž

to be brought up or mentioned in a conversation or discussion
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The issue of funding for the project came up at the team meeting.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ­āĻžāϝāĻŧ āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
10

āϜāĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of a group of people) to gather in a specific location or for a particular purpose
Intransitive: to come up somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let 's come up at the conference room to discuss the project timeline.
āϚāϞ⧋ āωāϠ⧇ āϝāĻžāχ āĻ•āύāĻĢāĻžāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ āϰ⧁āĻŽā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟ āϟāĻžāχāĻŽāϞāĻžāχāύ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤
11

āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž

to gather money or other resources over time
Transitive: to come up with money or resources
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The school is trying to come up with funds for a new playground by organizing fundraising events.
āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
12

āϘāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāĻž, āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

(of an event or schedule) to be approaching or getting closer in time
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I ca n't believe the exam is coming up so quickly; we need to start studying.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ›āĻŋ āύāĻž āϝ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻāϤ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϚāϞ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇; āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĨ¤
13

āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϜāĻŋāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‹āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŋ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be presented before a judge or jury for a decision in a court of law
Intransitive: to come up | to come up somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Witnesses will be required to come up and testify during the trial.
āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāϏāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
14

āωāĻ āĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž

to begin to experience the effects of a recreational drug after consuming it
Intransitive: to come up | to come up on a drug
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Users are advised to be patient and wait for the substance to come up before deciding to take more.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϧ⧈āĻ°ā§āϝ āϧāϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤
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