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
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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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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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—Ben Morse, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
The larger cities in the Bay Area, while mostly coming up in the middle of the pack, did make improvements from last year.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
The Chargers have three-straight home games coming up next – two of which are in primetime against other AFC playoff hopefuls the Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Thanksgiving 2024 is coming up on Thursday, November 28.
—Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Come up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20up. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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