Verb has 12 senses

• come up(v = verb.creation) - bring forth, usually something desirable; "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• come up(v = verb.change) arise - result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"


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Something ----s

• come up(v = verb.motion) come - move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "come down here!"; "come into the room"; "come out of the closet!"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "He came singing down the road"


Sample sentence:
The children %s to the playground

• come up(v = verb.motion) rise, rise up, surface - come to the surface;


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Somebody ----s
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• come up(v = verb.stative) arise, bob up - originate or come into being; "a question arose"

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• come up(v = verb.motion) arise, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"


Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Something ----s

• come up(v = verb.stative) - be mentioned; "These names came up in the discussion"

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• come up(v = verb.contact) come on, go on - start running, functioning, or operating; "the computer came up"; "the lights went on"

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• come up(v = verb.possession) find, get hold, line up - 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"

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something

• come up(v = verb.motion) ascend, rise, uprise - come up, of celestial bodies; "Jupiter ascends"; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."


Sample sentence:
The moon will soon %s

• come up(v = verb.contact) scrape, scrape up, scratch - gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"


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Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s something

• come up(v = verb.contact) muster, muster up, rally, summon - gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s something