come up

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Verb

come up (third-person singular simple present comes up, present participle coming up, simple past came up, past participle come up)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come,‎ up.

   I came up the ladder carefully, holding the bucket in my right hand.

2. (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

3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.

   Unless anything comes up, I'll be there every day this week.

4. (intransitive) To come to attention, present itself; 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."

5. (intransitive) To appear (before a judge or court).

   He came up before a judge and was fined a thousand dollars.

6. (intransitive) To draw near in time.

   The summer holidays are coming up.

7. (intransitive, of a heavenly body) To rise (above the horizon).

   It'll be warmer once the sun comes up.

8. (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.

9. (UK, Oxford University, intransitive) To arrive at the university. (Compare go down, send down.)

Antonyms

• come down
• go down

Derived terms

• come up against
• comeuppance
• marry come up

 

Related terms

• come up with

Translations

non-idiomatic

• Arabic: طَلَعَ (ar) (ṭalaʕa)

  Egyptian Arabic: طلع (ṭiliʕ)

• Belarusian: падыма́цца impf (padymácca), падніма́цца impf (padnimácca), падня́цца pf (padnjácca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上來／上来 (zh) (shànglái)

• Finnish: nousta (fi), tulla ylös
• German: heraufkommen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀναβαίνω (anabaínō)

• Hungarian: feljön (hu)
• Japanese: 上がる (ja) (あがる, agaru), 登る (ja) (のぼる, noboru)
• Korean: 올라오다 (ko) (ollaoda)
• Romagnol: avșinêr, abșinêr
• Russian: поднима́ться (ru) impf (podnimátʹsja), подня́ться (ru) pf (podnjátʹsja)
• Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎍𐎊 (ʿly)
• Ukrainian: підніма́тися impf (pidnimátysja), підійма́тися impf (pidijmátysja), підня́тися pf (pidnjátysja)

to come towards

• Belarusian: падыхо́дзіць impf (padyxódzicʹ), падысці́ pf (padyscí)
• Finnish: tulla luokse, lähestyä (fi); ilmestyä (fi) (unexpectedly)
• French: s’approcher (fr)
• German: herankommen (de)
• Hungarian: odajön (hu)
• Polish: podchodzić (pl) impf, podejść (pl) pf
• Russian: подходи́ть (ru) impf (podxodítʹ), подойти́ (ru) pf (podojtí)
• Ukrainian: підхо́дити impf (pidxódyty), підійти́ pf (pidijtý)

to emerge, become known

• Finnish: ilmetä (fi), ilmaantua (fi), nousta esiin
• French: se montrer (fr), sortir du bois (fr)
• Greek: προκύπτω (el) (prokýpto)
• Hungarian: felmerül (hu), közbejön (hu)
• Italian: venire fuori, emergere (it), venire alla luce
• Spanish: suceder (es)

to come to attention, present itself

• Finnish: nousta esille; tulla (fi) (of turn)
• German: erscheinen (de)
• Hungarian: felmerül (hu)

to appear before court

• Finnish: esiintyä (fi)
• French: produire (fr)
• Hungarian: megjelenik (hu)

to draw near in time

• Finnish: lähestyä (fi)
• German: bevorstehen (de)
• Hungarian: közeledik (hu)

to rise above the horizon

• Finnish: nousta (fi)
• Hungarian: feljön (hu)

to begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug

• Finnish: nousta päähän
• French: monter (fr)

to arrive at the university

• Finnish: tulla yliopistolle

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