Definition of "come up"

come up

verb
third-person singular simple present comes up, present participle coming up, simple past came up, past participle come up
1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come,‎ up.
2. (intransitive) To come towards, to approach.
  Quotations
  Racing around to come up behind you again
  1973 March 1, Roger Waters (lyrics and music), “Time”, in The Dark Side of the Moon, performed by Pink Floyd
3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
4. (intransitive) To come to attention, present itself; to arrive or appear.
5. (intransitive) To appear (before a judge or court).
6. (intransitive) To draw near in time.
7. (intransitive, of a heavenly body) To rise (above the horizon).
8. (Britain, slang, intransitive) To begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug.
9. (UK, Oxford University, intransitive) To arrive at the university. (Compare go down, send down.)