come up

Verb come up has 12 senses

• come up(v = verb.creation) Array - bring forth, usually something desirable; "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"
is one way to bring forth, generate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• come up(v = verb.change) arise - result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
is one way to come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• come up(v = verb.motion) come - move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Sample sentence:
The children come up to the playground

• come up(v = verb.motion) rise, rise up, surface - come to the surface; Array
is one way to ascend, go up
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• come up(v = verb.stative) arise, bob up - originate or come into being; "a question arose"
is one way to become
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• come up(v = verb.motion) arise, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• come up(v = verb.stative) Array - be mentioned; "These names came up in the discussion"
is one way to arise, come up
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• come up(v = verb.contact) come on, go on - start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up"
is one way to get going, go, start
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• come up(v = verb.possession) find, get hold, line up - get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
is one way to acquire, get
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

• come up(v = verb.motion) ascend, rise, uprise - come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
is one way to arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise
Sample sentence:
The moon will soon come up

• come up(v = verb.contact) scrape, scrape up, scratch - gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"
is one way to accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

• come up(v = verb.contact) muster, muster up, rally, summon - gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"
is one way to collect, garner, gather, pull together
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP