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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
come up
▪ I. ˌcome ˈup derived
1. (of plants)to appear above the soil
•The daffodils are just beginning to come up.
2. (of the sun)to rise
• We watched the sun come up.
3. to happen
• I'm afraid something urgent has come up.
• We'll let you know if any vacancies come up.
4. to be mentioned or discussed
• The subject came up in conversation.
• The question is bound to come up at the meeting.
5. (of an event or a time)to be going to happen very soon
•Her birthday is coming up soon.
6. to be dealt with by a court
•Her divorce case comes up next month.
7. if your number, name, ticket, etc. comes up in a betting game, it is chosen and you win sth
8. (informal) (usually used in the progressive tenses)to arrive; to be ready soon
•‘Is lunch ready?’ ‘Coming up!’
Main entry: ↑comederived
▪ II. ˌcome ˈup (to sb) derived
to move towards sb, in order to talk to them
• He came up to me and asked me the way to the station.
Main entry: ↑comederived
▪ III. ˌcome ˈup (to…) derived
(BrE, formal)to arrive at a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge, at the beginning of a term or in order to begin your studies
Opp: ↑come down
Main entry: ↑comederived
▪ IV. ˌcome ˈup (to…) (from…) derived
to come from one place to another, especially from the south of a country to the north or from a smaller place to a larger one
•Why don't you come up to Scotland for a few days?
Main entry: ↑comederived
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