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
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
Recent Examples on the Web
The fly ball – and the Dodgers – came up a little short.
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 20 July 2025
Marshall and Smith worked together to come up with the trail cleanup project.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
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Connor Thomas of Bleacher Report has come up with a trade idea that would land a three-team All-Star big man in Boston.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
Beck, 24, came up a double short of becoming the 10th Rockies player to hit for the cycle.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 July 2025
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Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 20 July 2025
Marshall and Smith worked together to come up with the trail cleanup project.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
Read more: Report: Celtics Still Considering Two More Offseason Trades
Connor Thomas of Bleacher Report has come up with a trade idea that would land a three-team All-Star big man in Boston.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
Beck, 24, came up a double short of becoming the 10th Rockies player to hit for the cycle.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for come up
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“Come up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20up. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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