come up in WordNet English dictionary

1. result or issue
   "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
   arise  come up 
   
2. move upward
   "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
   rise  lift  arise  move up  go up  come up  uprise 
   
3. originate or come into being
   "a question arose"
   arise  come up  bob up 
   
4. come up, of celestial bodies
   "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
   rise  come up  uprise  ascend 
   
5. 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"
   come  come up 
   
6. start running, functioning, or operating
   "the lights went on"; "the computer came up"
   go on  come up  come on 
   
7. gather or bring together
   "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"
   muster  rally  summon  come up  muster up 
   
8. gather (money or other resources) together over time
   "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"
   scrape  scrape up  scratch  come up 
   
9. bring forth, usually something desirable
   "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"
   come up 
   
10. come to the surface
    surface  come up  rise up  rise 
    
11. 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"
    line up  get hold  come up  find 
    
12. be mentioned
    "These names came up in the discussion"
    come up 
    

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