come up
- become the topic of discussion
- devise, bring forth
- arise unexpectedly
Wiktionary
noun
- 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”
verb
- To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
“Unless anything comes up, I'll be there every day this week.”
- 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”
- 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.”
“Be ready for when your turn comes up.”
- To appear (before a judge or court).
“He came up before a judge and was fined a thousand dollars.”
- To draw near in time.
“The summer holidays are coming up.”
- To approach a time or scheduled event.
“We're coming up on the interview in the last half-hour of the program.”
“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.”
- To reach in height.
“You have to come up to here to ride this roller-coaster.”
“He only comes up around this high.”
- To rise (above the horizon).
“It'll be warmer once the sun comes up.”
- To begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug.
“I could tell from her expression that she was coming up already.”
- To arrive at the university. (Compare go down, send down.)
- To happen or occur.
“His shift came up, so he had to go to work.”
- To grow up; to experience a childhood.
“I came up in Baltimore.”
- To do well or be successful.
“Watch out for him, he's been coming up lately.”
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, up.
“I came up the ladder carefully, holding the bucket in my right hand.”
- 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”