Dictionary

come up en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. An opportunity
   • 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 2012, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, “Thrift Shop”:

Forms

come up en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
   • Unless anything comes up, I'll be there every day this week.
2. (intransitive) To be revealed to have a certain value, quality, or status.
   • The movie didn't come up to our expectations.
   • 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 2018, Brendon Urie, Michael Angelakos, Sam Hollander, Morgan Kibby, Jake Sinclair, Dillon Francis, “Hey Look Ma, I Made It”, in Pray for the Wicked, performed by Panic! at the Disco:
   • They've looked for him everywhere, and come up dry.
3. (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.
   • 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." 1951 September, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 621:
   • The proposal came up before the committee.
   • Be ready for when your turn comes up.
4. (intransitive) To appear (before a judge or court).
   • He came up before a judge and was fined a thousand dollars.
5. (intransitive) To draw near in time.
   • The summer holidays are coming up.
6. (intransitive) To approach a time or scheduled event.
   • In 1883, the contract came up for renewal, the L.N.W.R. received it, and the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company was set aside. But there was a certain miasma of secrecy about the affair, so that many, especially in Ireland, looked for information and insisted on getting it. 1960 May 14, K. A. Murray, “Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire”, in Railway Magazine, page 305:
   • We're coming up on the interview in the last half-hour of the program.
7. (intransitive) To reach in height.
   • You have to come up to here to ride this roller-coaster.
   • He only comes up around this high.
8. (intransitive, of a heavenly body) To rise (above the horizon).
   • It'll be warmer once the sun comes up.
9. (UK, intransitive, slang) To begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug.
   • I could tell from her expression that she was coming up already.
10. (UK, intransitive, qualifier:Oxford University) To arrive at the university. (Compare go down, send down.)
11. (intransitive, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) To happen or occur.
    • His shift came up, so he had to go to work.
12. (intransitive, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) To grow up; to experience a childhood.
    • I came up in Baltimore.
13. (intransitive, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) To do well or be successful.
    • Watch out for him, he's been coming up lately.
14. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, up.
    • I came up the ladder carefully, holding the bucket in my right hand.
15. (intransitive) To come towards; to approach.
    • I was standing on the corner when Nick came up and asked for a cigarette.
    • Racing around to come up behind you again 1973 March 1, Roger Waters, “Time”, in The Dark Side of the Moon, performed by Pink Floyd:

Forms

Antonyms

come down · go down

Deriveds

comeuppance · come up snake eyes · come up against · marry come up · sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow morning · sure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow

Relateds

come up with

Translations (72)

es salir a relucir (to emerge, become known) · ru подня́ться (non-idiomatic) · fi tulla luokse (to come towards) · be падыма́цца (non-idiomatic) · fi lähestyä (to draw near in time) · hu közbejön (to emerge, become known) · pl podchodzić (to come towards) · el προκύπτω (to emerge, become known) · pl zbliżyć (to draw near in time) · pl stawiać (to appear before court) · ja 登る (non-idiomatic) · fi lähestyä (to come towards) · hu közeledik (to draw near in time) · fi nousta päähän (to begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug) · fi nousta esille (to come to attention, present itself) · uk підхо́дити (to come towards) · ru поднима́ться (non-idiomatic) · fi tulla ylös (non-idiomatic) · fr se montrer (to emerge, become known) · fi ilmaantua (to emerge, become known) · uga 𐎓𐎍𐎊 (non-idiomatic) · grc ἀναβαίνω (non-idiomatic) · ja 上がる (non-idiomatic) · es salir a relucir (to come to attention, present itself) · pl nadejść (to draw near in time) · cmn 上來 /上来 (non-idiomatic) · ru подойти́ (to come towards) · hu felmerül (to emerge, become known) · fi tulla (to come to attention, present itself) · fr s'approcher (to come towards) · rgn avșinêr (non-idiomatic) · ar طَلَعَ (non-idiomatic) · hu megjelenik (to appear before court) · be падня́цца (non-idiomatic) · de erscheinen (to come to attention, present itself) · ru подходи́ть (to come towards) · uk підня́тися (non-idiomatic) · pl wschodzić (to rise above the horizon) · uk підійти́ (to come towards) · fi nousta esiin (to emerge, become known) · be падыхо́дзіць (to come towards) · pl nadchodzić (to draw near in time) · hu feljön (to rise above the horizon) · uk підніма́тися (non-idiomatic) · uk підійма́тися (non-idiomatic) · pl podejść (to come towards) · de heraufkommen (non-idiomatic) · fr monter (to begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug) · pl stawić (to appear before court) · be падніма́цца (non-idiomatic) · de bevorstehen (to draw near in time) · hu feljön (non-idiomatic) · rgn abșinêr (non-idiomatic) · hu odajön (to come towards) · fi ilmestyä (to come towards) · pl wzejść (to rise above the horizon) · ko 올라오다 (non-idiomatic) · fi ilmetä (to emerge, become known) · arz طلع (non-idiomatic) · fi tulla yliopistolle (to arrive at the university) · hu felmerül (to come to attention, present itself) · de herankommen (to come towards) · it emergere (to emerge, become known) · be падысці́ (to come towards) · fi nousta (to rise above the horizon) · pl zbliżać (to draw near in time) · fr sortir du bois (to emerge, become known) · it venire fuori (to emerge, become known) · it venire alla luce (to emerge, become known) · fr produire (to appear before court) · fi nousta (non-idiomatic) · fi esiintyä (to appear before court)