come-up

Verbs

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

Synonyms

arise come rise up surface rise bob up go up move up lift uprise come on go on get hold line up find ascend scrape up scrape scratch muster muster up rally summon

Antonyms

depart go away go come down descend go down fall go off go under set

See also

accompany attach to come with go with bring home the bacon deliver the goods succeed come through win come in make it pull round pull through survive uprise ascend rise rise up surface

Words of close approximity

come by come in come-on come on come to
come upon come up to