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