if a plant comes up, it starts to appear above the ground
Example: A number of interesting points came up at today’s meeting.
if a problem comes up, it happens and needs to be dealt with immediately
Example: His case comes up next week.
if food that you have eaten comes up, your stomach forces it out through your mouth
Example: I’m going to have to cancel our lunch – something’s come up.
if information about something comes up on something such as a computer screen, it appears there
Example: My mother’s coming up from England for the weekend.
if something such as a job comes up, it becomes available
Example: Our flight hasn’t come up yet.
if the sun, moon, or stars come up, they start to appear in the sky
Example: She’s hoping a vacancy will come up at the local college.
if your ticket or name comes up in a lottery or similar game, it is chosen as a winner
Example: Strangers come up to him in the street and say how much they enjoy his books.
to be about to happen soon
Example: The grass in the garden came up to her knees.
to be judged in a court of law
Example: The private investigator Tadeusz had hired to reinterview the witnesses had come up with a little more.
to be mentioned and need to be considered
Example: The problem was that it was much easier to tell Sara the facts than for Jeffrey to come up with something on his own.
to be tall, deep, or long enough to reach a particular higher point or level
Example: We want to ask if everything can be played down, if and when the questions come up in Parliament.
to become richer, more powerful, or more successful than before
Example: We’ve got a busy period coming up in a couple of weeks.
to move towards someone, usually because you want to talk to them
Example: You'll have to come up with your own reasons for being over there.
to travel to a place that is further north or is larger or more important than the place you are leaving
used for saying that you will bring what someone has asked for very soon
