come-up
Verbs
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(v) bring forth, usually something desirable
- The committee came up with some interesting recommendations
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(v) result or issue
- A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion
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(v) 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
- (v) come to the surface rise up, surface, rise,
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(v) originate or come into being
- a question arose
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(v) move upward
- The fog lifted
- The smoke arose from the forest fire
- The mist uprose from the meadows
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(v) be mentioned
- These names came up in the discussion
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(v) start running, functioning, or operating
- the lights went on
- the computer came up
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(v) 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
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(v) come up, of celestial bodies
- The sun also rises
- The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...
- Jupiter ascends
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(v) gather (money or other resources) together over time
- She had scraped together enough money for college
- they scratched a meager living
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(v) gather or bring together
- muster the courage to do something
- she rallied her intellect
- Summon all your courage