come up

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

come up phrasal verb [ came up comes up coming up ]
 
MOVE TOWARDS

1. <A > to move towards someone
• A young girl came up to me and asked for money.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Advancing and moving forward
 
• He just came up to me and punched me.
• He came up to me at a party and introduced himself.
• A small child came up and asked me for money.
 
BE MENTIONED

2. <A > to be mentioned or talked about in conversation
• What points came up at the meeting?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Quoting and making references
 
• The subject of payment didn't come up.
• Did any new points come up when you spoke to him?
• If the subject of divorce comes up, try to change the subject.
 
APPEAR
3. <A > When the sun or moon comes up, it rises.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Moving upwards
4. <A > If information comes up on a computer screen, it appears there.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Appearing and disappearing
 
BECOME AVAILABLE
5. If a job or opportunity comes up, it becomes available
• A position has come up in the accounts department.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Occurring and happening
 
HAPPEN
6. to happen, usually unexpectedly
• I've got to go - something has just come up at home and I'm needed there.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Occurring and happening
7. be coming up
to be happening soon
• My exams are coming up soon.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑About to happen ↑Closeness in distance and time
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