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come up

verb

to come to a place regarded as higher
(of the sun) to rise
to begin
a wind came up
to be regurgitated or vomited
to present itself or be discussed
that question will come up again
to begin a term, esp one's first term, at a college or university
to appear from out of the ground
my beans have come up early this year
informal.
to win
have your premium bonds ever come up?
come up against
to be faced with; come into conflict or competition with
come up to
to equal or meet a standard
that just doesn't come up to scratch
come up with
to produce or find
she always comes up with the right answer

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And suddenly, we were able to come up with all these scenes for it.

We were on her roof talking and trying to come up with ideas, to think of alternatives to renting a studio.

Also, your nose is in front of your face and the sun will come up tomorrow.

The cops had come up short, unable to find the two men in a sea of several hundred thousand law-abiding people.

And – although we did not go to the Willard Hotel – the subject of lobbyists did come up.

An old Indian woman, the same whose house they had hired in Saboba, had come up to live with Ramona.

If he went to bed, and sent for a doctor, surely Allcraft would believe him; and in pity would come up and do the business.

And seeing this bunch is heading right toward us, we might as well take it easy here till they come up.

Upon the land of my people shall thorns and briers come up: how much more upon all the houses of joy, of the city that rejoiced?

Seems as if K. was beginning to come up against those political forces which have ever been a British Commander's bane.

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