Coming up
Meaning
A phrase that signals something will happen soon or be addressed next. Common in broadcasts, schedules, or chats to preview topics or events. It can also mean an opportunity or issue is approaching.
Synonyms
Examples
There's people outside our house; you get followed by photographers; you can't go out and have a cup of coffee with a friend without someone coming up to you.
It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming up of themselves like grass.
A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior.
Everything's coming up roses - for me.
After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, "Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo's birthday!" And then Sasha added, "Plus, we have a three-day weekend coming up." So it's good to have kids to keep things in perspective.
I have the impression that the new generation of young people, are coming up on the scene with a sense "ancestorhood", and with more wisdom than was evident before.