come up
verb
came up; come up; coming up; comes up
1
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
Examples of come up in a Sentence
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
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Murat Ates, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Hutson comes up big … again Two points and plus-3 in a 4-3 overtime win in the gold medal game of the World Juniors.
—Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
My Uncle Larry came up on the Wednesday after opening day and killed a large 10-pointer.
—Jeffrey A. Brunk, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2025
How did Upgraded Points come up with its list?
—Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for come up
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“Come up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20up. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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