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1 PHRASAL VERB If someone comes up or comes up to you, they approach you until they are standing close to you. □ [V P ] Her cat came up and rubbed itself against their legs. □ [V P + to ] He came up to me and said: 'Come on, John.'

2 PHRASAL VERB If something comes up in a conversation or meeting, it is mentioned or discussed. □ [V P ] The subject came up at a news conference in Beijing today.

3 PHRASAL VERB If something is coming up , it is about to happen or take place. □ [V P ] We do have elections coming up.

4 PHRASAL VERB If something comes up , it happens unexpectedly. □ [V P ] I was delayed–something came up at home.

5 PHRASAL VERB If a job comes up or if something comes up for sale, it becomes available. □ [V P ] A research fellowship came up at Girton and I applied for it and got it. □ [V P + for ] The house came up for sale and the couple realised they could just about afford it.

6 PHRASAL VERB When the sun or moon comes up , it rises. □ [V P ] It will be so great watching the sun come up.

7 PHRASAL VERB In law, when a case comes up , it is heard in a court of law. □ [V P ] He is one of the reservists who will plead not guilty when their cases come up.

▸  come up against PHRASAL VERB If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it. □ [V P P n] We came up against a great deal of resistance in dealing with the case.

▸  come up for PHRASAL VERB When someone or something comes up for consideration or action of some kind, the time arrives when they have to be considered or dealt with. □ [V P P n] The TV rights contract came up for renegotiation.

▸  come upon

1 PHRASAL VERB If you come upon someone or something, you meet them or find them by chance. □ [V P n] I came upon an irresistible item at a yard sale.

2 PHRASAL VERB If an attitude or feeling comes upon you, it begins to affect you. [LITERARY ] □ [V P n] A sense of impending doom came upon all of us.

▸  come up to PHRASAL VERB [usu cont] To be coming up to a time or state means to be getting near to it. □ [V P P n] It's just coming up to ten minutes past eleven now.

▸  come up with

1 PHRASAL VERB If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it. □ [V P P n] Several of the members have come up with suggestions of their own.

2 PHRASAL VERB If you come up with a sum of money, you manage to produce it when it is needed. □ [V P P n] If Warren can come up with the $15 million, we'll go to London. SYNONYMS come VERB 1

arrive:Fresh groups of guests arrived.

appear:A woman appeared at the far end of the street.

reach:He did not stop until he reached the door.

turn up:Richard had turned up on Christmas Eve with Tony. USAGE come from

Don’t use a progressive form in sentences like these. Don’t say, for example, ‘ Where are you coming from? ’ or ‘ I am coming from Zambia ’. Say ‘Where do you come from ?’ or ‘I come from Zambia’.

come|back (comebacks )

1 N‑COUNT If someone such as an entertainer or sports personality makes a comeback , they return to their profession or sport after a period away. □  A British bullfighter is making a comeback at the age of 67.

2 N‑COUNT If something makes a comeback , it becomes fashionable again. □  Tight-fitting T-shirts are making a comeback.

3 N‑UNCOUNT If you have no comeback when someone has done something wrong to you, there is nothing you can do to have them punished or held responsible.