come up
English
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Verb
[edit]come up (third-person singular simple present comes up, present participle coming up, simple past came up, past participle come up)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, up.
- I came up the ladder carefully, holding the bucket in my right hand.
- (intransitive) To come towards; to approach.
- I was standing on the corner when Nick came up and asked for a cigarette.
- 1973 March 1, Roger Waters (lyrics and music), “Time”, in The Dark Side of the Moon, performed by Pink Floyd:
- Racing around to come up behind you again
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
- Unless anything comes up, I'll be there every day this week.
- (intransitive) To be revealed to have a certain value, quality, or status.
- 2018, Brendon Urie, Michael Angelakos, Sam Hollander, Morgan Kibby, Jake Sinclair, Dillon Francis, “Hey Look Ma, I Made It”, in Pray for the Wicked[1], performed by Panic! at the Disco:
- Hey look Ma, I made it / Hey look Ma, I made it / Everything's comin' up aces, aces / If it's a dream, don't wake me, don't wake me
- (intransitive) To come to attention and present oneself; to arrive or appear.
- At some point in the conversation my name came up, and I readily agreed to their proposition.
- Be ready for when your turn comes up.
- The proposal came up before the committee.
- 1951 September, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 621:
- It is interesting that this argument should have come up at this moment," Mr. Smith adds, "when the subject is being debated so hotly in the field of the petrol-driven internal combustion engine."
- (intransitive) To appear (before a judge or court).
- He came up before a judge and was fined a thousand dollars.
- (intransitive) To draw near in time.
- The summer holidays are coming up.
- (intransitive) To approach a time or scheduled event.
- We're coming up on the interview in the last half-hour of the program.
- (intransitive) To reach in height.
- You have to come up to here to ride this roller-coaster.
- He only comes up around this high.
- (intransitive, of a heavenly body) To rise (above the horizon).
- It'll be warmer once the sun comes up.
- (British, slang, intransitive) To begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug.
- I could tell from her expression that she was coming up already.
- (UK, Oxford University, intransitive) To arrive at the university. (Compare go down, send down.)
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To happen or occur.
- His shift came up, so he had to go to work.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To grow up; to experience a childhood.
- I came up in Baltimore.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, intransitive) To do well or be successful.
- Watch out for him, he's been coming up lately.
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[edit]non-idiomatic
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to come towards
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to emerge, become known
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to come to attention, present itself
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to begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug
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to arrive at the university
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Noun
[edit]- An opportunity
- 2012, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (lyrics and music), “Thrift Shop”:
- I'm gonna pop some tags
Only got 20$ in my pocket
I'm, I'm, I'm huntin', lookin' for a come up
This is fucking awesome
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