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Definition of come up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

come up

phrasal verb
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come up
  1. (of plants) to appear above the soil
    • The daffodils are just beginning to come up.
  2. (of the sun) to rise
    • We watched the sun come up.
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  3. to happen
    • I'm afraid something urgent has come up.
    • We'll let you know if any vacancies come up.
  4. to be mentioned or discussed
    • The subject came up in conversation.
    • The question is bound to come up at the meeting.
  5. (usually used in the progressive tenses) to be going to happen, arrive or be ready soon
    • Her birthday is coming up soon.
    • (informal) ‘Is lunch ready?’ ‘Coming up!’
  6. to be dealt with by a court
    • Her divorce case comes up next month.
  7. if your number, name, ticket, etc. comes up in a game in which you bet money, it is chosen and you win something
come up (to…)
  1. (British English, formal) to arrive at a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge, at the beginning of a term or in order to begin your studies opposite come down (from…)
come up (to…) (from…)
  1. to come from one place to another, especially from the south of a country to the north or from a smaller place to a larger one
    • Why don't you come up to Scotland for a few days?
come up (to somebody)
  1. to move towards somebody, in order to talk to them
    • He came up to me and asked me the way to the station.
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