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come up

/ come up /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
"These names came up in the discussion"
Type of:
arise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 2
"The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
"aquestion arose"
Type of:
become
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 4
come to the surface
Type of:
ascend go up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 5
"The sun also rises"
"The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."
"Jupiter ascends"
Opposites:
set go down go under
Type of:
rise lift arise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 6
"A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
Type of:
happen hap go on
Kinds of:
condense open open up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 7
"He came singing down the road"
"Come with me to the Casbah"
"come down here!"
"come out of the closet!"
"come into the room"
Opposites:
go go away depart
Type of:
travel go move
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 8
"the lights went on"
"the computer came up"
Opposites:
go off
Type of:
start go get going
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 9
"She had scraped together enough money for college"
Kinds of:
nickel-and-dime
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 10
"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"
Type of:
get acquire
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 11
"muster the courage to do something"
"she rallied her intellect"
"Summon all your courage"
Type of:
gather garner collect
Derived:
rally rallying
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 12
"The fog lifted"
"The smoke arose from the forest fire"
"The mist uprose from the meadows"
Type of:
travel go move
See also:
surface rise up rise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
12
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
86
Times Searched
3
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