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Come up

noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 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. 1
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, up.

    "I came up the ladder carefully, holding the bucket in my right hand."

  2. 2
    result or issue wordnet
  3. 3
    To come towards; to approach. intransitive

    "I was standing on the corner when Nick came up and asked for a cigarette."

  4. 4
    gather or bring together wordnet
  5. 5
    To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. idiomatic, intransitive

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

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  1. 6
    gather (money or other resources) together over time wordnet
  2. 7
    To be revealed to have a certain value, quality, or status. intransitive

    "The movie didn't come up to our expectations."

  3. 8
    start running, functioning, or operating wordnet
  4. 9
    To come to attention and present oneself; to arrive or appear. intransitive

    "At some point in the conversation my name came up, and I readily agreed to their proposition."

  5. 10
    bring forth, usually something desirable wordnet
  6. 11
    To appear (before a judge or court). intransitive

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

  7. 12
    move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody wordnet
  8. 13
    To draw near in time. intransitive

    "The summer holidays are coming up."

  9. 14
    move upward wordnet
  10. 15
    To approach a time or scheduled event. intransitive

    "We're coming up on the interview in the last half-hour of the program."

  11. 16
    come up, of celestial bodies wordnet
  12. 17
    To reach in height. intransitive

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

  13. 18
    come to the surface wordnet
  14. 19
    To rise (above the horizon). intransitive

    "It'll be warmer once the sun comes up."

  15. 20
    get something or somebody for a specific purpose wordnet
  16. 21
    To begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug. British, intransitive, slang

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

  17. 22
    originate or come into being wordnet
  18. 23
    To arrive at the university. (Compare go down, send down.) UK, intransitive
  19. 24
    be mentioned wordnet
  20. 25
    To happen or occur. intransitive, slang

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

  21. 26
    To grow up; to experience a childhood. intransitive, slang

    "I came up in Baltimore."

  22. 27
    To do well or be successful. intransitive, slang

    "Watch out for him, he's been coming up lately."

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