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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Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 23 May 2026
Nervous system regulation has become the dominant wellness conversation of 2026, and one free, 19-second technique keeps coming up as the entry point.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
Giving the AS90s to Ukraine has produced an uncomfortable gap that needs filling, so the call went out to vendors to come up with a proper replacement.
—David Szondy
may 23, New Atlas, 23 May 2026
Later in the inning, after walks to Trout and Jorge Soler, Meckler came up with two outs.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 23 May 2026
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“Come up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20up. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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