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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
come up
v
  1. bring forth, usually something desirable; "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"
  2. result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
    Synonym(s): arise, come up
  3. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"
    Synonym(s): come, come up
    Antonym(s): depart, go, go away
  4. come to the surface
    Synonym(s): surface, come up, rise up, rise
  5. originate or come into being; "a question arose"
    Synonym(s): arise, come up, bob up
  6. move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
    Synonym(s): rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
    Antonym(s): come down, descend, fall, go down
  7. be mentioned; "These names came up in the discussion"
  8. start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up"
    Synonym(s): go on, come up, come on
    Antonym(s): go off
  9. get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
    Synonym(s): line up, get hold, come up, find
  10. come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
    Synonym(s): rise, come up, uprise, ascend
    Antonym(s): go down, go under, set
  11. gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"
    Synonym(s): scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up
  12. gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"
    Synonym(s): muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up
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