Come up meaning
Come up is a phrasal verb with 7 meanings. One of them is to move towards a person until you are near them.
- Past simple
- came up
- Past participle
- come up
- -ing form
- coming up
What come up means
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To move towards a person until you are near them
A woman came up and asked for directions.
6 more meanings of come up are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With come: come from, come in, come round, come back, come out, come down, come along, come away, come before, come together.
With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.
Common questions
What does come up mean?
It has 7 meanings. One of them is to move towards a person until you are near them. The other 6, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of come up?
Came up. The past participle is come up.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
