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come up [v]

1)	bring forth, usually something desirable; "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"

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bring_forth

2)	occur; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"

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arise

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come_about condense open

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"

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come

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go approach depart accompany bring_home_the_bacon come_in come_through ascend emanate accost approach approach

4)	come to the surface

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rise rise_up surface

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ascend lift surface earth's_surface surface surfacing emerge resurface bubble_up swell

5)	originate or come into being; "aquestion arose"

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arise bob_up

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become

6)	move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"

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arise go_up lift move_up rise uprise

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go elevation ascension ascending come_down scend climb soar go_up rocket uplift chandelle steam ascend

7)	be mentioned; "These names came up in the discussion"

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arise

8)	start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up"

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come_on go_on

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get_going 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"

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find get_hold line_up

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acquire

10)

come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"

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ascend rise uprise

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arise astronomy ascension ascension go_down

11)

gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"