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come up

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1. come up - Verb

2. come up - Phrase

Meaning

result or issue

move upward

originate or come into being

come up, of celestial bodies

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

start running, functioning, or operating

gather or bring together

gather (money or other resources) together over time

bring forth, usually something desirable

come to the surface

get something or somebody for a specific purpose

be mentioned

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When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one,but you won't come up with a handful of mud either. Leo Burnett

A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated. Robert Benchley

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will. Clint Eastwood

Whatever is in the heart will come up to the tongue. Persian Proverb

The bucket goes down the well every day - some day it won't come up again. Zanzibar Proverb

Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth. Arabic Proverb

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