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View definitions for came up

came up

verb as in happen suddenly

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Then they came up against a police patrol on mountain bicycles, which again led to more shooting, without injuries.

In our conversation, the terms “power” and “powerlessness” came up frequently.

Rains said that the problem had came up before and that the engineers were working on it.

The solution they came up with was the scroll, which let viewers walk through the painting as they unfurled it.

I was using my height and checking out the action, and this girl came up to me and said, “Are you going to be here for a while?”

If I can rustle horses I'll send these two boys on home, with a note to the old man explaining how the play came up.

Something came up between me and Lyn—and I drifted, and kept drifting.

The servant-girl came up from the kitchen, took the knife away, and consoled him.

Suppose a stranger came up in the street to you and said, "My poor man, here's five pounds for you," what would you do?

She shuddered with disgust as the rich brown water of the Nile came up to her breast, to her chin.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to come up, such as: arise, crop up, occur, rise, turn up, and spring up.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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