come up to

Example Sentences

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Years later, everyone, people would come up to Malcolm all the time and say, “Congrats on ‘New Girl.’”

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Creator Holly Walsh said: "This award means so much, to all the people who come up to us and says 'I am an Amanda' or 'I know an Amanda!'"

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Personally, I hate it when people come up to me and say, “Did Michael Jackson really do all those things?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

I've had people come up to practice with me and they have brought it and I've said 'you're not using that'.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Perhaps the owners have come up to their country home to avoid the troubles in the capital.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez