come up

(verb) bring forth, usually something desirable. Synonyms: come up. Example: "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations."

(verb) result or issue. Synonyms: arise, come up. Example: "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion."

(verb) move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody. Synonyms: come, come up. Examples: "He came singing down the road." "Come with me to the casbah." "Come down here!." "Come out of the closet!." "Come into the room."

(verb) come to the surface. Synonyms: surface, come up, rise up, rise.

(verb) originate or come into being. Synonyms: arise, come up, bob up. Example: "A question arose."

(verb) move upward. Synonyms: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise. Examples: "The fog lifted." "The smoke arose from the forest fire." "The mist uprose from the meadows."

(verb) be mentioned. Synonyms: come up. Example: "These names came up in the discussion."

(verb) start running, functioning, or operating. Synonyms: go on, come up, come on. Examples: "The lights went on." "The computer came up."

(verb) get something or somebody for a specific purpose. Synonyms: line up, get hold, come up, find. Examples: "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."

(verb) come up, of celestial bodies. Synonyms: rise, come up, uprise, ascend. Examples: "The sun also rises." "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled...." "Jupiter ascends."

(verb) gather (money or other resources) together over time. Synonyms: scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up. Examples: "She had scraped together enough money for college." "They scratched a meager living."

(verb) gather or bring together. Synonyms: muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up. Examples: "Muster the courage to do something." "She rallied her intellect." "Summon all your courage."