Verb: come up
- Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
"The ship came up to the dock";
- come
- Result or issue
"A slight unpleasantness came up from this discussion";
- arise
- Bring forth, usually something desirable
"The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"
- Come to attention or become relevant
"a question came up";
- arise, bob up
- Be mentioned
"These names came up in the discussion"
- Come to the surface
"The diver came up for air";
- surface, rise up, rise
- Move upward
"The fog came up";
- rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, uprise [archaic, literary]
- Start running, functioning, or operating
"the computer came up";
- go on, come on
- Get something or somebody for a specific purpose
"Could you come up with some volunteers for the event";
- line up, get hold, find
- (astronomy) come up, of celestial bodies
"The sun also comes up";
- rise, uprise [archaic, literary], ascend
- Gather (money or other resources) together over time
"She came up with the down payment after years of saving";
- scrape, scrape up, scratch
- Gather or bring together
"They came up all the supplies needed for the camping trip";
- muster, rally, summon, muster up
Derived forms: came up, comes up, coming up, come up
Type of: accumulate, acquire, amass, ascend, become, bring forth, collect, come about, compile, fall out, garner, gather, generate, get, get going, go, go on, go up, hap [archaic], happen, hoard, locomote, move, occur, pass, pass off, pile up, pull together, roll up, start, take place, travel