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Phrase(s): come up
1. Lit. to come from a lower place to a higher one. • You can come up now. They are gone. • Come up and enjoy the view from the tallest rooftop in the county. 2. Lit. to come near; to approach. • He came up and began to talk to us. • A heron came up while we were fishing, but it just ignored us. 3. Fig. to come to someone’s attention. • The question of what time to be there never came up. • The matter came up, but it was never dealt with.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs