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come up

  1. become the topic of discussion
  2. devise, bring forth
  3. arise unexpectedly
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noun

  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

verb

  1. To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.

    Unless anything comes up, I'll be there every day this week.

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. To appear (before a judge or court).

    He came up before a judge and was fined a thousand dollars.

  5. To draw near in time.

    The summer holidays are coming up.

  6. 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.

  7. To reach in height.

    You have to come up to here to ride this roller-coaster.

    He only comes up around this high.

  8. To rise (above the horizon).

    It'll be warmer once the sun comes up.

  9. To begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug.

    I could tell from her expression that she was coming up already.

  10. To arrive at the university. (Compare go down, send down.)
  11. To happen or occur.

    His shift came up, so he had to go to work.

  12. To grow up; to experience a childhood.

    I came up in Baltimore.

  13. 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. 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

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