come up

verbs

bring forth, usually something desirable

"The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"

come up

is a type of (narrower)

bring into existence

"The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami"

bring forth, generate

result or issue

"A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"

arise, come up

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"

come, come up

come to the surface

come up, rise, rise up, surface

originate or come into being

"a question arose"

arise, bob up, come up

move upward

"The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"

arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise

be mentioned

"These names came up in the discussion"

come up

is a type of (narrower)

result or issue

"A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"

arise, come up

start running, functioning, or operating

"the lights went on"; "the computer came up"

come on, come up, go on

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"

come up, find, get hold, line up

come up, of celestial bodies

"The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"

ascend, come up, rise, uprise

gather (money or other resources) together over time

"She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"

come up, scrape, scrape up, scratch

gather or bring together

"muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"

come up, muster, muster up, rally, summon