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Verb come up has 12 senses

come up - bring forth, usually something desirable; "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"
--₁ is one way to generate, bring forth
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
arise, come up - occur; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
--₂ is one way to happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
come, come up - 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"
--₃ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentence:
The children come up to the playground
surface, come up, rise up, rise - come to the surface
--₄ is one way to ascend, go up
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
arise, come up, bob up - originate or come into being; "aquestion arose"
--₅ is one way to become
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
--₆ is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
come up - be mentioned; "These names came up in the discussion"
--₇ is one way to arise, come up
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
go on, come up, come on - start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up"
--₈ is one way to start, go, get going
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
line up, get hold, come up, find - 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"
--₉ is one way to get, acquire
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s PP
rise, come up, uprise, ascend - come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
--₁₀ is one way to rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
Sample sentence:
The moon will soon come up
scrape, scrape up, come up - gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"
--₁₁ is one way to roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
=> Somebody ----s PP
muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up - gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"
--₁₂ is one way to gather, garner, collect, pull together
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
=> Somebody ----s PP