come up

v 1: bring forth, usually something desirable; "The committee

came up with some interesting recommendations"

2: occur; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"

[syn: {arise}]

3: move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach

something or somebody; "He came singing down the road";

"Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out

of the closet!"; "come into the room" [syn: {come}] [ant:

{go}]

4: come to the surface [syn: {surface}, {rise up}, {rise}]

5: originate or come into being; "aquestion arose" [syn: {arise},

{bob up}]

6: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the

forest fire" [syn: {rise}, {lift}, {arise}, {move up}, {go

up}] [ant: {descend}]

7: be mentioned; "These names came up in the discussion"

8: start running, functioning, or operating, as of lights or

power [syn: {go on}, {come on}] [ant: {go off}]

9: 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" [syn: {line up}, {get hold}, {find}]

10: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises" [syn: {rise}]

[ant: {set}]

11: gather together over time; as of money or other resources;

"She had scraped together enough money for college" [syn:

{scrape}, {scrape up}]

12: gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do

something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your

courage" [syn: {muster}, {rally}, {summon}, {muster up}]