Synonym: arise, ascend, bob up, come, come on, find, get hold, go on, go up, lift, line up, move up, muster, muster up, rally, rise, rise up, scrape, scrape up, scratch, summon, surface, uprise. Similar words: come up to, come up with, come under, come home, use up, tie up, take up, size up. Meaning: v. 1. bring forth, usually something desirable 2. result or issue 3. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody 4. come to the surface 5. originate or come into being 6. move upward 7. be mentioned 8. start running, functioning, or operating 9. get something or somebody for a specific purpose 10. come up, of celestial bodies 11. gather (money or other resources) together over time 12. gather or bring together.
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61. We've discussed this problem intermittently, but so far we've failed to come up with a solution.
62. We expect to come up against a lot of opposition to the scheme.
63. Dwayne has come up trumps with a goal worthy of winning any match.
64. Is that the best excuse you can come up with?
65. We wanted to buy the house but we couldn't come up with the cash.
66. He couldn't come up with an appropriate answer just at the time.
67. The water was up to/had come up to the level of the windows.
68. Your behavior does not come up to the expected standard.
69. The subject of gambling has come up several times recently.
70. Half the fun of gardening is never knowing exactly what's going to come up.
71. They've come up in the world since I last met them.
72. Scientists in different countries, working independently of each other, have come up with very similar results.
73. No one has yet come up with a successful peace formula.
74. We racked our brains but we couldn't come up with a solution.
75. Why don't you come up to Scotland for a few days?
76. The resort certainly failed to come up to expectations .
77. I can't come up with £10 000 out of thin air - it'll take a while to find that kind of money.
78. The whole question of the allocation of resources will come up for review next week.
79. The minister criticised the police for failing to come up with any leads.
80. I've got to go - something has just come up at home and I'm needed there.
81. You may lose your job if you don't come up to scratch .
82. The issue should come up for discussion at the climate change conference.
83. She believed she had come up with one of the greatest innovations of modern times.
84. He's tiny(sentence dictionary), he doesn't even come up to my chest!
85. We weren't able to come up with any new suggestions.
86. Who wants to come up to the top of the hill with me?
87. You've got no idea of what you're going to come up against.
88. We seem to have come up against a brick wall in this investigation.
89. What they promise sounds impressive enough - let's see if they come up with the goods.
90. It will be so great watching the sun come up.
More similar words: come up to, come up with, come under, come home, use up, tie up, take up, size up, makeup, wake up, pile up, save up, make up, line up, give up, flare up, fire up, drive up, close up, shake up, write up, make up for, made up of, face up to, double up, live up to, measure up, euphemism, come, measure up to.