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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.

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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. Jack Osbourne

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. Eudora Welty

A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior. David Brin

Everything's coming up roses - for me. Ethel Merman

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. Barack Obama

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. Jonas Salk

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