Source : WordNet®

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"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: {rise},
         {lift}, {arise}, {move up}, {go up}, {uprise}] [ant: {descend}]
     7: be mentioned; "These names came up in the discussion"
     8: start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went
        on"; "the computer came up" [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"; "The sun
         uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
         [syn: {rise}, {uprise}, {ascend}] [ant: {set}]
     11: gather (money or other resources) together over time; "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}]