come up

verb

1. to come to a place regarded as higher
2. (of the sun) to rise
3. to begin

   a wind came up

4. to be regurgitated or vomited
5. to present itself or be discussed

   that question will come up again

6. to begin a term, esp one's first term, at a college or university
7. to appear from out of the ground

   my beans have come up early this year

8. informal.
   to win

   have your premium bonds ever come up?

9. come up against
   to be faced with; come into conflict or competition with
10. come up to
    to equal or meet a standard

    that just doesn't come up to scratch

11. come up with
    to produce or find

    she always comes up with the right answer

Example Sentences

So Alvarez retired from retiring and quickly came up with the idea for “English Teacher,” drawing from his own life.

From Los Angeles Times

We have got two massive games coming up next week, against Real Madrid then Manchester City, so I think we might be rotating our squad a bit here anyway.

From BBC

“The DOJ is probably trying to get Google to be more cooperative in coming up with remedies that will fix the problem.”

From Los Angeles Times

Jet engines are one of the most jaw-dropping feats of engineering humans have ever come up with.

From BBC

The researchers came up with an innovative approach to overcome this challenge.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• arise
• crop up
• occur
• rise
• turn up