| 单词 | come up |
| 释义 | > as lemmascome up 1. With adverbs, in the sense ‘that has come——’, as come out, come up, etc. In earlier use modified by new (cf. new-come adj.). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [adjective] dejectc1528 broken1535 abased1554 come1564 downfallen1575 snubbed1583 crestfallen1589 humiliate1593 plume-plucked1597 low-broughta1599 chop-fallen1604 chap-fallen1608 dejected1608 humbleda1616 unprided1628 diminished1667 mortified1710 small1771 humiliated1782 squelched1837 grovelleda1845 sat-upon1873 comedown1886 deflated1894 zapped1962 society > society and the community > [adjective] > that has come out (into society) come outa1865 1564 A. Bacon tr. J. Jewel Apol. Churche Eng. sig. Ki A new comen vp matter. 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall x. sig. C4 Being but of the newest come-ouer antiquity. 1623 J. Mede in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 160 The new come-home guests. 1681 E. Hickeringill Horrid Sin Man-catching i. 12 A New-Mode, lately Invented, and new come over from beyond Seas. a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. xxi. 239 As meekly as if I were a come-out young lady. 1908 Rec. Christian Work May 302/2 Those whom God receives must be a ‘clean’ people; a ‘separate’ people; a ‘come out’ people. 2008 M. Griffith Rhythms of Grace i. 13 He was a come-up man, people said, but he never forgot where he came from. to come up to come up I. Senses primarily relating to movement in space, and derived uses. 1. intransitive. a. To move or travel so as to come to a higher place or position, or one regarded as higher; to ascend towards a place or person. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > go on a journey ferec950 foundOE sitheOE to come upOE comeOE undernimc1275 to take or make (a, the, or one's) voyage1297 travelc1300 journeyc1330 to take one's waya1375 reisea1387 to fare a waya1400 voyage1477 wayfare1534 peregrinate1593 sojourn1608 to fare a voyage1609 to journey itc1680 to take one's foot in one's hand1755 stroke1823 trek1850 peruse1895 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > rise or go up [verb (intransitive)] styc825 astyc950 ariseOE upstyOE to step upOE upcomec1000 to come upOE to go upOE upwendc1200 runge?c1225 amountc1275 upgoa1325 heavec1325 uparise1340 ascend1382 higha1393 lifta1400 risea1400 skilla1400 uprisea1400 raisec1400 rearc1400 surmount1430 to get upc1450 transcenda1513 springa1525 upmounta1560 assurge?1567 hove1590 surgea1591 tower1618 hoist1647 upheave1649 to draw up1672 spire1680 insurrect1694 soar1697 upsoar1726 uprear1828 higher1889 OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Corpus Oxf.) v. xvii. 458 Sona þæs þe he on scyp eode & astagh, bleow westwind: & he wæs adrifen þæt he com up on Frysana land. OE Christ & Satan 455 Þæt, la, wæs fæger, þæt se feða com up to earde, and se eca mid him meotod mancynnes in þa mæran burh! c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3489 To cumenn upp Till heofennrichess blisse. 1516 in E. Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1791) I. 15 If I shulde com up to London the next terme. 1577 N. Breton Wks. Young Wyt f. 39 Hauing left my chamber doore vnshutte, When I came vp, I found the footesteppes playne, vppon the floore. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 55 The coaches comming downe from the upper parts, give the way to those that come up. 1646 J. Lilburne Londons Liberty in Chains 26 Brisco, the Clerk came up into my chamber, and commanded me to forbeare speaking to my wife. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ii. 55 They came up to Town. 1735 Lives Most Remarkable Criminals III. 337 Gow came up from the Butchery he had been at between Decks. a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) iv. iii, in Wks. (1821) II. 105 I thought you would not choose Sir Peter to come up without announcing him. 1828 Ann. Reg. 1827 Law Cases 336/2 I asked her to go down stairs: she went, and then she came up again. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark v. ii. 352 A page shuffled into the room... He droned, ‘The lady says you can come up, sir.’ 1987 R. Mistry Tales from Firozsha Baag 249 I come up, refresh my lungs, examine quickly the overwater world of the washroom, and go in again. 2007 J. Lescroart Suspect vi. 50 I came up by elevator directly from the garage. b. Of the sun: to appear above the horizon; to rise. Also of the moon and other celestial objects. Cf. to go down 1b at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > move [verb (intransitive)] > rise to come upeOE arisec975 risec1175 ascendc1400 eOE Metres of Boethius (2009) xxix. 26 Se forrynel..cymeð eastan up æst for sunnan and eft æfter sunnan on setl glideð. lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) (2009) I. xxxix. 369 Þonne hate we hine morgensteorra, forþam he cymð eastan up. 1665 R. B. Revelation of God lxxx. 71 The Sun came up again in his course, and entered the first Point of Aries. 1704 tr. D. Fernández Navarrete Acct. Empire China v. xiii. in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. I. 211/2 When the Sun draws off, the Moon comes up. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Marinere i, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 7 The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the Sea came he. 1820 Kaleidoscope 12 Sept. 81/2 Before the colours of the sun had entirely faded in the west, the moon came up over the eastern horizon. 1860 ‘E. Wetherell’ & ‘A. Lothrop’ Say & Seal II. vii. 95 And so the night wore away, and the morning star came up. 1937 Sci. News Let. 27 Feb. 138/2 Mars appears in the east about midnight, while Jupiter comes up about three hours before sunrise. 1959 G. Drayton Christopher i. ii. 26 An orange moon was coming up over the cordia trees that lined the lawn. 1993 S. Deshpande Intrusion & Other Stories 22 We could lie in the dark and watch the stars come up. 2015 Irish Times (Nexis) 21 Mar. (Weekend section) 9 Their aim is to create a relaxed environment where people can chat, mingle and dance until the sun comes up. c. Of food or drink: to be vomited. Also with again. ΚΠ 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. l. 92 They are hard to digest, & doe commonly come vp againe out of the stomacke vndigested, euen as they were eaten. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια x. xvi. 760 Some say they [sc. muscles] hinder the liquid matter that comes vp in vomiting that it passeth not through or into the nose. 1787 J. Woodforde Diary 17 Feb. (1926) II. 306 She drank very little Tea indeed, all of that little soon came up again. 1824 E. Weeton Jrnl. (1969) I. 27 Everything I ate or drank has come up again. 1868 Lancet 4 July 1/2 As a rule, she has vomited every meal she has swallowed; it comes up immediately, even before she has finished eating. 1925 This Quarter 1 275 After they had carried her back to her cell all the food came up. 1988 B. Plain Tapestry viii. 224 Ben held his straining head, while the lunch came up, a mess of clam sauce, pasta, meat, and coconut cream pie. 2005 Scotsman (Nexis) 1 Sept. 72 I just felt like I was going to burp, and then everything came up. d. to come up for air: to surface from underwater in order to take a breath. Also figurative: to take a break from an absorbing, intensive, or physically demanding activity. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > rise or go up [verb (intransitive)] > rise to the surface > of submerged body emerge1640 to come up for air1749 1749 T. Salmon New Geogr. & Hist. Gram. 182 After the Whale has run some hundred Fathoms deep, he is forced to come up for Air. 1835 Lapland & its Rein-deer viii. 115 The animal [sc. a seal] must sometimes come up for air. 1862 W. M. Thackeray Adventures of Philip II. x. 223 We have left the general dipping his nose in the brandy-and-water... He must come up for air presently. 1926 J. M. March Wild Party (1928) ii. iii. 49 Burrs and Kate lay locked In a five-minute kiss... They stirred: They unlocked: They came up for air. 1954 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 98 225 They seem to be having a very good time among themselves..and we can merely hope that they will later come up for air and tell us in a common language what it is all about. 2006 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 1 Dec. d1 They [sc. kids] swim for their lives in underwater caves, coming up for air in spaces barely large enough to draw a breath. e. regional. imperative. Used to command or urge a horse to move. Now rare. ΚΠ 1835 R. S. Surtees in New Sporting Mag. May 14 He was standing on a half broken down stone wall, trying to lead over, tugging away at his horse's head, exclaiming at every jerk, ‘come hup you hugly beast!’ 1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Coop, come up! addressed to horses. 1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) Come up, an expression used to an animal when it is required to move. 1888 M. W. Hungerford Under-currents I. i. 3 He..implores them [sc. horses] to ‘come up’ or ‘go on’, as occasion demands. 1937 Z. N. Hurston Their Eyes were watching God vi. 83 Yeah, you feeds 'im. Feeds 'im offa ‘come up’ and seasons it wid raw-hide. 1949 H. Kurath Stud. Amer. Eng. 1 43/1 We find the regional call come up!..from the Virginia Piedmont westward and southward. 2. intransitive. a. To approach; to come close or nearer (to a person or place). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > move towards the speaker or this place comeeOE oncomeOE to come upc1390 to come onc1450 to come forward1518 resort?1548 to come along1590 to step up1660 hither1856 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. Prol. l. 70 Þe lewede Men..comen vp knelynge. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 582 Cometh vp ye wyues, offreth of youre wolle. 1594 J. Throckmorton Def. against Slaunders of Maister Sutcliffe sig. Bv Seeing some others come vp to me about busines, he snatched vp his papers, and..tooke his leaue for that time. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius War with Vandals i. 20 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian The Barbarians came up close, with Gelimer in the head of them. 1666 W. Temple Lett. I. 55 When he came up, tho' with much Civility. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 106. ¶7 The Gentleman we were talking of came up to us. a1712 W. Edmundson Jrnl. (1715) v. 34 William Moore, going by, saw me standing, so coming up to me, said, He was very sorry to see me there. 1815 Zeluca I. 393 See, see—he's going to shirk Lady Kitty—he pretends he don't see her coming up. 1843 Amer. Pioneer Apr. 173 It was a cow elk. I came up and caught my right arm over its neck. 1928 Rotarian July 59/2 Lem's mother came up and said she supposed Clyde had told him the plans. 1955 Bridgeport (Connecticut) Post 9 Mar. 18/2 Peter Pan came right up to me and threw some pixie dust on my leg. 2011 C. Taylor Londoners 177 We were talking and a group of Essex boys came up. b. Of a person or thing following another: to come forward from the rear; to come to an advanced or forward position. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move forward or advance [verb (intransitive)] > from the rear to come up1783 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 130 Then did Rosindy, and Selarinus haste to the battaile, which was now by the ouerthrowne of the Vantguard, required to come vp, and the Reare with the strangers to aduance against the Macedonian Horse. 1677 Earl of Orrery Treat. Art of War 62 All the Horse which march in the Van of the Army, if assaulted by the Enemies Foot, might be too much exposed, while the Foot are coming up from the Van of the Foot, to relieve them. 1783 Ann. Reg. 1781 Hist. Europe 60/2 The rear of the column being come up. 1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 45 When divisions come up in front successively into line, they come up to the horses heads of the marking persons. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 243 Macarthy soon came up to support Hamilton. 1888 Dict. National Biogr. XIV. 258/1 Blake, coming up with a strong reinforcement fresh from the river, completed their rout and put them to the run. 1919 European War (N.Y. Times Current Hist.) 8 934/1 The cruiser squadron came up at high speed, taking station ahead of the battle cruisers. 1949 Motor Boating Apr. 107 ‘Boots’ Morphy from California..came up from the rear ranks in both heats to lead by a large margin. 2013 Grayson County (Leitchfield, Kentucky) News Gaz. (Nexis) 21 Nov. When all the Charger defenders came up to cover the run, Woodcock..heaved the ball down field to a wide-open Trey Waltermire. 3. intransitive. Of a plant, leaves, etc.: to grow from the ground so as to become visible; to emerge visibly. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > sprout forth or spring up growc725 springOE upspringc1000 sprouta1200 springa1225 risea1382 burgeon1382 burgea1387 to run upa1393 lance1393 bursta1400 launch1401 reke?1440 alighta1450 shoot1483 to come up?1523 start1587 to grow up1611 to come away1669 to break forth1675 upshoot1841 outgrow1861 sprinta1878 break1882 sprount1890 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. viv Plowe nat that lande tyll ye wyll sowe it for and ye do ther wyll come vp kedlokes and other wedes. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xiv. 2 He commeth vp and falleth awaye like a floure. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 2v The corne commeth thinne vp. 1609 T. Dekker Foure Birds Noahs Arke i. 22 Albeit Paul planteth and Apollo watereth, no herb or flowre can come vp or tree prosper vnlesse thy hand be at the graffing. 1664 S. Blake Compl. Gardeners Pract. 64 You shall see your plants come up the eighteenth or the twentieth day. 1710 W. Salmon Botanologia II. dxviii. 772/2 They [sc. Nettles] come up plentifully early in the Spring, and through all the Summer Months. 1768 P. Collinson Let. 29 Feb. in J. Bartram Corr. (1992) 699 There often comes up od plants..as did formerly the fine White sweet Orchis & a very Stately Cyperus Grass. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. i. v. 69 The same flowers come up again every spring. 1884 J. H. Ewing Mary's Meadow (1886) xi. 66 The time-honoured prescription, ‘Plant a primrose upside down, and it will come up a polyanthus’. 1901 F. Norris Octopus i. ii. 53 A delicate and important process which prevented rust and smut appearing in the crop when the wheat should come up. 1928 D. F. Bleek Naron 7 With the first rains numbers of bulbs come up. 2005 E. Rabateau Professor's Daughter (2006) 163 Off to the sides is tall grass coming up from red dirt. 4. intransitive. to come up against. a. To oppose or confront, esp. in battle. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] withgo743 to go again ——OE withsayc1175 again-goc1275 withsitc1300 thwarta1325 to go against ——a1382 counter1382 repugnc1384 adversea1393 craba1400 gainsaya1400 movec1400 overthwart?a1425 to put (also set) one's face againsta1425 traversea1425 contrairc1425 to take again ——c1425 contraryc1430 to take against ——a1450 opposec1485 again-seta1500 gain?a1500 oppone1500 transverse1532 to come up against1535 heave at1546 to be against1549 encounter1549 to set shoulder against1551 to fly in the face of1553 crossc1555 to cross with1590 countermand1592 forstand1599 opposit1600 thorter1608 obviate1609 disputea1616 obstrigillate1623 contradict1632 avert1635 to set one's hand against1635 top1641 militate1642 to come across ——1653 contrariate1656 to cross upon (or on)1661 shock1667 clash1685 rencounter1689 obtend1697 counteract1708 oppugnate1749 retroact?1761 controvert1782 react1795 to set against ——1859 appose- society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > meet in battle meeteOE to meet withc1325 abattlec1400 recounter1455 check1535 to come up against1535 entertain1555 yoke1581 cope1594 conflict1599 clash1650 engage1697 engage1698 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges xv. B They of Juda sayde: Wherfore are ye come vp against vs [Heb. ʿălīṯem ʿālēnū, Gk. ἀνέβητε ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς, L. ascendistis adversum nos]. 1598 T. Stoughton Gen. Treat. against Poperie 169 The Spanyards..doe yet daily threaten to come vp against vs. 1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xxvi. 3 I am against thee..and will cause many nations to come vp against thee. View more context for this quotation 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης iii. 23 Tampring both with the English and the Scotch Army, to come up against the Parlament. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 113 I am therefore come up against thee in mine own right, even to recover mine own inheritance out of thine hand. View more context for this quotation 1733 J. Court tr. Josephus Of Jewish War iii. x, in tr. Josephus Wks. 639/2 Others..fell directly into the hands of their enemies, who were coming up against them. 1754 J. Gill Faith in God 6 The king and his people had no power to oppose such a numerous army that was come up against them. 1803 R. Southey tr. Amadis of Gaul IV. xxxvii. 278 So great a power was come up against me, and chiefly by the power of ye three..I obtained such victory as secured my person and kingdom. 1909 Leaves of Healing 3 Apr. 98/1 When your enemies come up against you, to smite you, they shall be smitten before thy face. 1921 Monthly Bull. Missouri State Board Agric. Aug. 5 We wipe the earth with almost any other scrub team that comes up against us. 2003 M. Stover Star Wars: Shatterpoint (2005) 413 Our job—me and Eight-Three, the bubble-turret gunners—is to handle everything that comes up against us. b. To be faced with (an obstacle, difficulty, opposition, etc.). Also occasionally: to encounter (a person). Cf. to run up 5b at run v. Phrasal verbs 1.In quot. 1886 as part of an extended metaphor.See also to come up against a blank wall at blank adj. and adv. Compounds 2b. ΚΠ 1886 J. W. Moore Notes on Printing 244 Now he sails against the tide, now with it, going along at a dashing rate, until he suddenly comes up against some hidden snag, which, but for sheer luck, would have shivered his timbers to pieces. 1893 Interior 9 Nov. 19/1 If you come up against another snag just let me know. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Jan. 13/2 When..he comes up against a more important bibliographical problem, his description is confused. 1959 C. Devlin Serm. & Devotional Writings G. M. Hopkins 5 In this smoke-sodden little town he [sc. Hopkins] came up against people who needed him desperately. 1996 T. Taylor & R. J. Martin Rangers lead Way 106/1 1st Company was ordered to scout aggressively till they came up against significant resistance. 2014 Adelaide Mag. (Nexis) 1 Jan. 40 The Art Gallery has come up against some criticism in the past year for its controversial pieces. 5. intransitive. a. Nautical. Of wind: to blow from a specified direction. Also of a sailing ship: to approach or sail in a specified direction; (also with to) to sail as close to the wind as possible. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > luff or turn to windward luff1390 to spring one's luff1591 to clap on (or by) a wind1627 to close the wind1673 to haul the (her, our, etc.) wind1726 to come up1743 to throw (a ship) up in (also into, on) the wind1750 a1584 S. Borough in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) ii. 313 To the Northwardes fourtie eight leagues, and then the winde came vp at North. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 19 The winde..came vp at South. 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 173 At 11 in the Forenoon the Wind came up at South-south-east, and foggy. 1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 17 The greatest Part of the Night she [sc. the ship] came up no nearer than S. by W. and S.S.W. At Four in the Morning she came up with her Head West. 1758 Universal Mag. Nov. 267/1 The vessel came up to the wind. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xv. 233 She has come up again. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 202 A close-hauled ship comes up (to her course) as the wind changes in her favour. 1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke iv. 27 She came up into the wind again and continued her course to the southward. 1952 E. Hemingway Old Man & Sea in Life 1 Sept. 44/1 There was a small sea rising with the wind coming up from the east. 1984 Pract. Boat Owner Feb. 62/1 If..her bow automatically comes up so she lies broadside..to the wind, she will be safe. 2006 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl. (Nexis) 22 Sept. b1 ‘Still coming up, still coming up, still coming—almost to windward,’ Chao said, his hand on the tiller. b. Of wind, a storm, etc.: to begin to blow; to increase in force or violence. Cf. to get up 3b at get v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow strongly > increase rise?1520 fresh1599 to come up1647 freshen1669 ascend1715 to get up1834 to blow up1840 stiffen1844 to breeze up1867 to pipe up1901 1647 L. Sammel Kings Majesties Let. Intercepted sig. A2v Wee heard of the Fellowship without the Barre, but a storm came up about three a clock, and put her off to Sea. 1693 H. Shreeves tr. Polybius Hist. I. i. 109 A strong Gale of Wind came up. 1704 tr. G. F. Gemelli Careri Voy. round World ii. i, in A. Churchill & J. Churchill Coll. Voy. IV. 52/2 Wednesday 25th. the Calm continu'd, and a little Gale coming up in the Evening, we pass'd by Cape Carabornus. 1717 tr. A. F. Frézier Voy. South-Sea 290 We had four Days of Calm... After that, a little Wind came up. 1812 H. Holcombe First Fruits 223 During the evening a severe rain came up which gradually increased. 1877 H. C. Russell Climate New South Wales 162 On this day a squall of wind and thunder came up and a little rain fell. 1923 Boys' Life Oct. 3/1 When the storm came up..it put the radio out. 1978 B. Lopez Of Wolves & Men vi. 115 In the afternoon a thunderstorm came up which changed to sleet and, later, to snow. 2007 B. Carter Swim to Me (2008) xvi. 195 He never liked to be inside a trailer when the winds came up. 6. intransitive. a. to come up with: to come alongside or abreast of, to reach; to catch up with. Also figurative. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > move or cause to move forward or advance [verb (transitive)] > advance to come abreast of to come up with1592 1592 H. Roberts Our Ladys Retorne to Eng. sig. *3 Thus neere six a clock in the euening the caruill parting, the fight bareing rome from them, whose consart was now come vp with them, continuing his course towardes the Ilandes. 1613 R. Cocks Let. 30 Nov. in A. Farrington Eng. Factory in Japan (1991) I. 97 The 13th ditto we came up w'th the iland of Burro. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 35 Just as Christian came up with the Cross. View more context for this quotation 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. i. 34 Though we followed..a good way, yet did not come up with him. a1712 W. Edmundson Jrnl. (1715) viii. 67 When we came up with the Land of Ireland the Wind turn'd North-East. 1783 Ann. Reg. 1781 Hist. Europe 55/2 Tarleton came up with his enemy at eight in the morning. 1803 J. Davis Trav. U.S.A. x. 410 She [sc. a sailing-ship] comes up with us hand over fist. 1841 R. W. Emerson Essays x. 310 Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations... As soon as you once come up with a man's limitations, it is all over with him. 1908 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 213/2 I started in pursuit, and next morning came up with the fugitives. 1930 Boys' Life Mar. 9/1 Britannus came up with him just as he was ready for a second throw, ducked under the net and lunged. 2006 G. S. Beard Mr Midshipman Fury 2007 v. 77 We'll be luffing again shortly to avoid having the Otter crossing our stern and he'd like the larboard guns ready for firing as she comes up with us. ΚΠ 1833 N.-Y. Mirror 23 Feb. 267/1 The old chap was well come up with. The best joke I ever heard of. 1871 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Fireside Stories 180 The way he got come-up-with by Miry was too funny for anything. 1873 S. Hale Let. 19 Feb. (1919) 123 She gets come up with occasionally, and then I'm delighted. 1901 S. E. White Westerners xi. 78 Revenge with him seemed to lie..in the victim's realization that he was being come up with. 1922 A. Chapman Radio Boys at Mountain Pass xix. 169 It will do me good if these scoundrels get come up with. 7. intransitive. Of a bill, proposal, case, etc.: to be passed to a (higher) deliberative or legislative body for consideration. ΚΠ 1641 Arguments Sir R. Hutton & Sir G. Croke i. 32 When Bills come up, being agreed by both the Houses; the Kings Majesty, to those he doth not allow, or not like of, doth make no direct deniall. 1697 G. Whitehead Sober Expostulation against F. Bugg 141 The Clause to Recover Tythes, was past in the House of Commons before it came up to the House of Lords. 1752 D. Mallet Mem. Life Ld. Viscount Bolingbroke iv. 87 When this Bill came up into the House of Lords, three Clauses were added. 1833 Niles' Weekly Reg. 31 Aug. 1/1 Another like case is about to come up before the circuit court of the United States, for the district of Pennsylvania. 1872 Economist 9 Mar. 293/2 If a measure..must be debated..a second time the next Session before coming to the Lords, it will come up to the Lords at their busy time. 1926 Sat. Rev. 18 Dec. 757/1 The principle of the Bill was sound, and..the Lords would cure defects in its phrasing. But when it came up to the Lords last Tuesday its treatment was even more summary. 1956 Irish Times 29 June 7/5 Writing certain clauses into the Bill when it comes up to the Upper Chamber for perusal. 1989 Sunday Correspondent 17 Sept. 23/2 The clock is ticking away fast to the October 3 deadline when the Aspinall Curzon licence comes up before the courts for renewal. 2002 Independent 8 Mar. (Mag.) 17/3 Two months later, Jason's case came up before the courts. 8. intransitive. a. Of a person: to appear before a judge, tribunal, or other deliberative or authoritative body. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear causes [verb (intransitive)] > present oneself for judgement or stand trial to stand on (or upon) trial1771 to come up1888 1665 J. Bunyan Resurrection of Dead 101 Every one is thus set in his proper place, the Judge on his Throne, with his Attendants, and the prisoners coming up to Judgement. 1770 Gentleman's & London Mag. Oct. 632/1 Before the defendant comes up for judgment, he is at liberty to extenuate his crimes. 1783 Trial Lieut. C. Bourne 20 The counsel for Mr. Bourne..will say..that a time will come..when he shall come up for judgment upon this. 1811 E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench 13 190 When he [sc. the defendant] came up for judgment, the matters in difference were referred to the king's coroner and attorney. 1888 ‘F. Warden’ Woman's Face II. xvii. 171 He felt as if he himself had come up to judgement before a stern and unbending judge. 1933 V. F. Nelson Prison Days & Nights ii. 22 The very next guy that comes up before So-and-So is a guy that grabbed a hot car, a Buick or something. 1990 W. O. Mitchell Roses are Difficult Here iv. 52 Got into trouble in the old country an' come up before the judge one time too many. 2002 Independent 8 May 15/1 The severity of your sentence..largely depends on which magistrates' bench you come up before rather than the crime you have committed. b. To be put forward for election, membership, etc.; to be considered as an applicant, candidate, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > run a business [verb (intransitive)] > enter a business as a partner to come up2014 1858 Hist. Mag. Dec. 360/1 Under proposition of members, Wm. A. Jackson and D. B. Luther were proposed as resident members. Under the rules, their names come up for election at the next meeting. 1892 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends (1893) 275 When Lawrence's name comes up for membership, he sneaks in a black-ball, as many another prig..has done before. 1912 W. Irwin Red Button xxii. 367 He comes up for reelection in November—fact is we're campaigning now. 1947 Life 30 Sept. 4/2 Under the present system a convict who has served one third his time and has been on good behavior comes up for parole. 1974 Amer. Bar Assoc. Jrnl. Oct. 1247/1 These evaluations preferably should be unrelated to any specific judge coming up for election, re-election, or merit retention in that particular year. 1999 C. Nelson & S. Watt Acad. Keywords 214 When I came up for promotion for the third time in 1974, I was allowed to pick all my outside referees. 2014 J. C. Williams & R. Dempsey What works for Women at Work ii. 30 One attorney said when she came up as a candidate for partner at her law firm, someone brought up a mistake she had made years ago, as a second-year associate. 9. intransitive. To go to or enter university or college, esp. for the first time. ΚΠ 1671 W. S. Answer to Grounds Contempt of Clergy (new ed.) 36 When boys come up to Cambridge or Oxford raw in the knowledge of Greek and Latine, they seldom attain to any Excellency afterwards. 1691 G. Langbaine Acct. Eng. Dramatick Poets 272 He..came up to the University of Oxford, and was enter'd of Lincoln Colledge. 1823 J. Campbell Hints for Oxf. iv. 36 No Freshman need come up to Oxford so unprepared. 1868 G. L. Tottenham Charlie Villars at Cambr. I. ix. 100 Minor scholarships were for men coming up to Trinity to go in for before they become members of the College. 1902 G. Calderon Adventures Downy V. Green xvi. 97 He had done three years at Harvard, and had come up with a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford. 1941 M. Tylecote Educ. Women at Manch. Univ. 1883–1933 ii. 52 This new generation of women came up to the College in steadily increasing numbers. 2011 P. Linehan St. John's Coll., Cambr.: Hist. v. 627 One of them [sc. the ladies]..came up to read Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic in 1985. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > work ropes or cables in specific ways windc1550 veer1590 veer1604 rousea1625 heave1626 overhaul1626 ease1627 pay1627 reeve1627 unbend1627 to come up1685 overhale1692 to pay away1769 surge1769 render1777 to pay out1793 to round down1793 to set upon ——1793 swig1794 veer1806 snake1815 to side out for a bend1831 rack1841 snub1841 1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services iv. 115 The Words of Art belonging to this Work, are, Come up Capstan, id est, slake the Cable that they heave by. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Capstain Come up Capstan, that is, slack the Cable which you heave by. 1804 Observ. & Instr. for Officers of Royal Navy 26 Hang the top mast by the hawser or top-rope, whilst the opposite top-block is unhooked..; when it is done, bowse it well taught, and come up the other. 1849 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. i. 114/2 To ‘come up’ a rope or tackle, is to slack it off. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 107 To come up, to cast loose the forelocks or lashings of a sett, in order to take in closer to the plank. 1904 W. H. B. Bullard et al. Naval Electricians' Text-bk. II. 409 The middle part can be unscrewed after coming up a set screw, and the gasket for the whole sixteen cables must then be worked along the conductors. 11. intransitive. Of playing cards, numbers in a lottery, etc.: to be drawn. Cf. one's number is up at number n. Phrases 4. ΚΠ 1709 Cotton's Compl. Gamester (new ed.) xxxviii. 184 Suppose Ten, or any other Card Wins for the Punter, if another Ten comes up just after in the winning Cards place it does not win for him, but for the Bank. 1843 Fraser's Mag. Apr. 460/1 An ‘extrait’, yielding (if only one number came up) fifteen times the sum deposited. 1846 C. Dickens Pictures from Italy 424 I buy three numbers. If one of them come up, I win a small prize. 1916 H. L. Wilson Somewhere in Red Gap vi. 262 The time she put five apiece on the three numbers and the single-o come up. 1947 N. Mitchison Bull Calves i. i. 31 There was a time when two gentlemen would be playing at the cards and when the nine of diamonds came up, it was not Stair they would name. It was my own brother was the Curse of Scotland! 1986 D. Madden Hidden Symptoms (1988) 36 If her Premium Bond came up she would go to Lourdes. 2014 Sc. Sun (Nexis) 17 Oct. 19 A couple missed out on a £2million Lotto jackpot when their numbers came up in the one week they forgot to buy a ticket. 12. intransitive. to come up smiling: to respond to a harmful or difficult circumstance with a brave smile; to recover cheerfully from adversity. Also in extended use. Originally Boxing slang, with reference to getting on one's feet after being knocked down, or returning to the ring following a tough round. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (intransitive)] > recover from round to come up smiling1812 the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > recovery from misfortune, error, etc. > [verb (intransitive)] > from an apparently impossible situation to come up smiling1886 1812 Pancratia ii. 186 O'Donnel came up smiling; Caleb made several blows tell; a blow from O'Donnel made him stagger. 1867 C. Dickens Let. 12 Feb. (1999) XI. 313 I have been Vapour-Bathed, Head-Shampooed and Stomach-Cockled; and am ready to come up smiling to the scratch. 1886 J. McCarthy & R. C. Praed Right Hon'ble II. xv. 47 One comes up smiling and ready for the next round. 1928 Daily Tel. 13 Mar. 16/3 His car..can be rubbed down dry,..and, as the phrase goes, it will come up smiling. 1931 P. G. Wodehouse If I were You iv. 51 You come up smiling after having a whacking great car run into you. 2000 Independent 11 Dec. ii. 5/3 Foo had a habit of wiping out in 30ft-plus waves and coming up smiling. 13. intransitive. colloquial. to come up short. a. To stop abruptly (literal and figurative); to come to a sudden halt. ΚΠ 1845 R. S. Surtees Hillingdon Hall I. 27 After a little repetition about the weather and a hit at the rose bushes, conversation came up short. 1919 Boy Scouts Year Bk. 72/2 The outfit was in a muddle right there, for the pack horses came up short, with snorts of terror, and with every nerve quiverin'. 1943 Living Church 25 July 10/3 You grow more and more eager to be about our Father's business, and it makes you restless..to come up short that way, like a boat being snubbed suddenly by its anchor. 1990 R. Blount First Hubby 192 I came up short for a moment, because that is not the way I talk. I regrouped and pressed on. 2010 S. S. Gubser Little Bk. String Theory iii. 35 I fell into empty space... With a jerk, I came up short on the next piece. b. To be deficient or lacking in something; to fail to reach a goal, standard, or target; to fall short. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > fail or fall short false?c1225 fault1486 to be wanting to oneself1582 want1643 undershoot1874 to come up short1917 underperform1976 1917 Shanghai Times 9 Aug. 4/3 Davis..catches a good game, but comes up short in team work. 1935 Pittsburgh Courier 24 Aug. ii. 4/1 The Pittsburgh fans..have been coming up short in their support of the Craws and the Grays. 1948 N.Y. Amsterdam News 13 Mar. 26/1 Most of the present-day fighters come up short in comparison with the boys of yesteryear. 1996 T. Enos Gender Roles & Faculty Lives in Rhetoric & Composition viii. 104 As teachers, aren't we used to telling our students where they have come up short? 2013 T. Pynchon Bleeding Edge vii. 71 If this generation of con artists came up short now and then in IT skills, they made up for it in the area of social engineering. 14. intransitive. To be constructed, erected, or built. Cf. to go up 4 at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1913 Buildings & Building Managem. Oct. 27/2 It's light and airy... No chance of any building coming up and shutting off your light. 1953 Man 53 70/2 One after another the industrial buildings came up.., and..the pride in these great plants was both great and genuine. 1994 W. J. Clinton in Public Papers Presidents U.S. 914/2 Why don't we make a monument to peace where all of us can live together, not with walls coming up, but with walls tearing down. 2016 Times of India (Nexis) 21 Feb. With new malls and offices coming up in the city almost every week, the city will be swamped with cars soon. 15. intransitive. Of a message, announcement, or other piece of information: to begin to be displayed on a noticeboard, screen, etc.; to appear. Cf. to go up 5c at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1923 N.Y. Times 26 Mar. 10/1 As..[the winning horse's]..number came up on the board, a crowd of 25,000 racing enthusiasts began a prolonged demonstration, for the finish was so close. 1948 Life 25 Oct. 95/3 (caption) Harris..looks up book, fills out card, waits for number to come up on the board. 1966 Indian & Eastern Engineer Jan. 56/1 The information sought will come up on the screen above the keyboard within three seconds. 1995 S. Gregory et al. Deaf Young People & their Families v. 136 They have got to look at the board for when their flight comes up. 2014 Sc. Sun (Nexis) 2 Jan. (Sport section) 70 Steve Bruce must be sick of my number coming up on his phone. 16. intransitive. Of a place, sight, etc.: to become visible or appear within the range of a person's sight, esp. in the course of a journey. ΚΠ 1943 W. Guthrie Bound for Glory xiii. 293 Wheeler said that he was turning the train back to the railroad company at Indio. That's the town coming up. 1966 Waterloo (Iowa) Sunday Courier 16 Oct. 34/2 If your exit comes up while you're still on an inside lane, don't risk a disastrous high-speed collision to cross over suddenly to get off. 1972 P. Lively Road to Lichfield iii. 34 Northampton coming up, not bad time, there before eight, anyway. 2009 M. Hayder Skin lxxiii. 373 She drove steadily, eyes bloodshot... About half a mile from the house a hairpin bend came up fast. II. Senses not primarily relating to movement in space. 17. intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [verb (intransitive)] > come into existence awakenc885 waxc888 arisec950 beOE comeOE aspringc1000 atspringOE growOE to come upOE inrisea1300 breedc1385 upspringc1386 takec1391 to come in?c1430 engender?1440 uprise1471 braird?a1500 risea1513 insurde1521 insurge1523 spring1538 to start up1568 exsurge1578 upstart1580 become1605 born1609 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > act habitually [verb (intransitive)] > be usual or customary > become usual or customary to come upOE to come in?c1430 to be here to stay1936 the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [verb (intransitive)] mode1654 to come in1680 to come up1704 to come to town1905 to hang five, ten1962 OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) i. Introd. 8 Forþon ne cymð naht ungelic trymnes upp [L. oritur], ac swa swiþe geþwærlicu of ðære gemynde godra mægna. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 115 Þat tyme come up Arrian his heresie, þat infectede..þe grete londes of þe world. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 246 Thus miche is ynouȝ..forto knowe how ydolatrie came vp. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie To Rdr. sig. A. viv Belyke they [sc. terms] wer not vsed and commen vp in his time. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 10 Twas neuer merry world with vs, since these gentle men came vp. 1640 R. Brathwait Ar't Asleepe Husband? ii. 190 Whence came up that Custome, for kinsmen to kisse their kinswomen, to know whether they had drunke wine or no. 1684 J. Flamsteed Let. 2 May in Corr. (1997) II. 161 When the regulated watches first came up and for some 2 or three yeares after they were ill made and deare sold. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ii. 63 Before they were a Month in Town, great Shoulder-knots came up. 1753 World 27 Sept. 236 The fashion came up among the ladies of wearing their gowns off the shoulders. 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. I. ix. 161 This gentleman, who died not long after policemen came up. 1895 E. J. Matthew Citizen & State I. xxxii. 139 The custom first came up of making a statement of grievances. 1905 Notes & Queries 10 June 446/2 I do not know when the custom came up of throwing addled birds' eggs at persons who failed on Royal Oak Day to appear with the badge. b. To come into one's mind; to arise in the course of conversation. Later also more generally: to present itself as the subject of attention; to occur, arise, turn up (esp. unexpectedly). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > come to mind, occur [verb (intransitive)] comeeOE runOE to come to mindOE occur?a1500 to move to mind?a1525 to come, fall under, lie in one's cap1546 to take (a person) in the head1565 present1585 overpass1591 to come in upon a person1638 suggest1752 to come up1889 1538 Bible (Coverdale) Acts vii. C Whan ye tyme of forty yeare was fulfilled vnto him it came vp into hys mynde [Gk. ἀνέβη ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ] to visite his brethren, ye chyldren of Israel. 1619 H. Ainsworth Annot. Fifth Bk. Moses called Deuteronomie sig. O4v/2 Let it not come up into thy minde, that the King Christ needeth to doe signes and wonders. 1713 A. Pope Let. 14 Dec. in Corr. (1956) I. 201 I have been lying in wait for my own imagination..and watching what thoughts came up in the whirl of the fancy, that were worth communicating to you in a letter. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxiv. 339 Mr. B. come up again! I have not heard of Mr. B. a great while! 1844 Fraser's Mag. 30 102/2 Now and then a name would come up in the conversation which I remembered. 1889 Sat. Rev. 23 Nov. 582/1 That [question] has not come up, and is not likely to come up for many years. 1908 Amer. Machinist 23 July 132/3 A certain job came up at one time in our shop. 1975 High Times Dec. 9/1 When the question of legalization of pot comes up, the cop always bad-mouths the legislature for even thinking of it. 2015 F. Y. Bailie What Fly Saw xviii. 116 She stood him up. ‘So sorry, but something came up.’ c. To become available for purchase; to appear on the market. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (intransitive)] > be for sale to be at market1800 to come into (also on to) the market1840 to come up1860 1860 Illustr. London News 2 June 523/1 The Spencer yearlings, six in number, come up for sale at Tattersall's on Monday. 1870 Bell's Life in London 5 Nov. 6/4 Vestminster, Mount Pleasant , and many other well-known steeds come up for auction at Albert Gate next month. 1901 Epicure Mar. 99/1 At a London auction-room a few days ago a curious lot came up. This was a dried, musty piece of wedding-cake, over sixty years old. 1919 Art & Archaeol. May 139/1 When this house came up for auction sale about 1887, a descendant of the builder made up his mind to preserve it. 1970 Changing Times Aug. 8/1 When a bargain in canned goods comes up, buy more than you need. 1987 N.Y. Mag. 22 June 32/1 If just one of those apartments came up for rent, I could get 100 applicants. 2015 Irish Independent (Nexis) 3 Nov. (Farming section) 38 He..told the relations at home to give him a call on the transatlantic cable if any farm came up on Valentia Island. 18. intransitive. To rise in rank, position, or condition. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advance, progress, or develop [verb (intransitive)] > rise in prosperity, power, or rank wax971 climba1240 forthgoa1325 arise1340 risec1390 increasea1425 to come upa1475 raise1490 clamber1576 to make one's way1579 grow1622 to get on (also up) in the world1791 a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (1999) II. l. 10473 Þe þridde þanne is a ȝong man Þat late riche to wexe he bigan And is ycome vp of noght. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 425 I am come up, as a man is that from povertie is come to rychesse..He his mervaylously come up within a yere or two. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Chron. xxi. 4 When Ioram came vp ouer his fathers kyngdome. 1561 T. Hoby Breef Rehersall in tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer sig. Zz.ii Not to seeke to come vp by any naughtie or subtill practise. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxix. vii. 362 The man without any desert was come up to be Prefect. 1852 Congress. Globe 10 Mar. 712/2 He has come up from poverty to eminence. 1875 Guardian (Philadelphia) Nov. 331/1 Andersen..had come up from poverty, and was, besides, a young man ignorant of worldly wisdom. 1910 Nation 10 Feb. 131/2 Capt. U. G. Worrilow, Twenty-ninth Infantry, who came up from the ranks, could be eliminated this year as over forty-four on a retired pay of $50.40 a month. 1987 R. Drake Survivors & Others 66 Fred had come up in the world, my mother said. 2002 B. Ballew Pastime in Seventies xvi. 181 Mike and I are very good friends and we came up together in the minor leagues. When he came up to the big leagues, he wasn't ready. 19. intransitive. To extend or reach up to a point in space; (of a road, passage, etc.): to lead up to or towards somewhere. ΚΠ 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. A.iiij Thus is it fenced round about and hath hereto on the eastsyde the sea, at flud cummyng vp to the harde walles. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. xxv. 113 If the liuer be vexed with inflammation, there is felt paine and heauinesse all ouer the right side comming vp to the necke, and downe to the bastard ribs. 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 16 Their feete they had a kind of shooes, which came vp to the anckle. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Vamps or Vampays, an odd kind of short Hose or Stockings that cover'd the Feet, and came up only to the Ancle, just above the Shooe. 1763 London Chron. 16 Apr. 355/3 (advt.) The Turnpike Road comes up to the Gates. 1816 La Belle Assemblée Oct. 171/2 She saw several ladies with short sleeves, and gloves which only came up to the elbow. 1883 Midland Antiquary Dec. 54 A road comes up from Hagley Station on the right. 1920 E. A. Powell New Frontiers of Freedom i. 38 The immensely important junction-point where the main trunk line from Venice to Vienna is joined by the line coming up from Fiume and Trieste. 1940 Boys' Life Aug. 11/3 The water came up to his armpits. 2014 S. Smith tr. I. Némirovsky Fires of Autumn vii. 63 An enormous American officer passed by, crushing a plump little woman against him—she only came up to his waist. 20. intransitive. To increase or rise in number, quantity, value, price, or degree (to or by a specified level or amount). Also: to reach a required or expected standard; to equal something.See also to come up to expectations at expectation n. Phrases 4c, to come up to scratch at scratch n.1 5a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > be equal to or match to be even witheOE match?1529 countervail1530 even1582 suit1583 patterna1586 amate1590 proportionate1590 parallela1594 fellow1596 to hold its level with1598 adequate1599 coequal1599 twin1605 paragonize1606 peer1614 to come upa1616 proportiona1616 paragon1620 parallelize1620 tail1639 to match up to (also with)1958 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. i. 195 He Whose ignorant credulitie, will not Come vp to th' truth. View more context for this quotation 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 159 All these will not come up to near the quantity requisite. 1709 J. Swift Let. conc. Sacramental Test 17 We of Ireland are not yet come up to other Folks Refinements. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 62. ¶8 These Writers..not being able to come up to the beautiful Simplicity of the old Greeks and Romans. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xx. 197 No Taylor can come up to it. 1820 Examiner No. 622. 173/1 His vocal pieces do not come up to Mozart's. 1877 Japan Weekly Mail 7 July 579/2 The desire to buy Silk being general, and supplies being altogether inadequate to the demand, prices came up with a rush. 1904 St. Nicholas July 810/1 Of all the compounds that have been tested at the proving-grounds, maximite was the only one that came up to and exceeded these specifications. 1965 G. Jones Island of Apples ii. iii. 83 He did this three times, counting out loud—one—two—meaning to give the kid a real stinger when it came up to three. 1981 Times 10 Aug. 16/3 In the last 12 months the shares have come up 11.3 per cent. 2015 Flamborough (Ont.) Rev. (Nexis) 27 Sept. 1 When all the online donations came in, our total came up to about $7,000. 21. intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). to come up with: to produce or provide something (esp. when challenged or pressed); to think of something.See also to come up with the goods at good adj., n., adv., and int. Phrases 7a, to come up with the rations at ration n. Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] affordOE findOE purveyc1300 chevise1340 ministera1382 upholda1417 supply1456 suppeditate1535 perfurnishc1540 previse1543 subminister1576 tend1578 fourd1581 instaurate1583 to find out1600 suffice1626 subministrate1633 affurnisha1641 apply1747 to stump up1833 to lay on1845 to come up with1858 1858 Hutchings' Calif. Mag. Aug. 86/1 ‘When Bill pungled his thirty better, what did Lem come up with?’ ‘Why Lem he lifted him a cool fifty.’ 1887 G. H. Devol Forty Years Gambler on Mississippi 36 I came up with the ice and bet $250 before the draw. 1955 Times 6 Aug. 6/3 President Eisenhower..thought the Secretary of Agriculture soon would be ‘able to come up with something’. 1958 Economist 1 Nov. 392/2 Russia has come up with money that the West clumsily refused. 1970 J. Porter Rather Common Sort of Crime ii. 19 I'll have a ponder about it and, if I come up with anything, I'll let you know. 2013 K. Sampsell This is between Us 203 We came up with all kinds of theories. 22. intransitive. U.S. regional and colloquial. Of a person: to grow up.In quot. 1868 contrasted with to bring up (see to bring up 2 at bring v. Phrasal verbs 1), with the implication of a lack of nurturing or guidance from parents. ΚΠ 1868 ‘F. Fern’ Folly as it Flies 56 Of what avail is it to those children who come up, but who are not brought up, that another meadow..is added to the family inheritance? c1937 H. Johnson Interview in C. L. Perdue et al. Weevils in Wheat (1976) 158 I come up as one of de white chillun. 1945 Living Church 6 May 18/1 When we were kids coming up..our parents struggled valiantly to teach us ‘our manners’. 1965 C. Brown Manchild in Promised Land iv. 121 He had come up in someplace called Austria, and I figured there wasn't a colored person in the whole country. So what could he know about coming up in Harlem? 1997 in C. R. Johnson & J. McCluskey Black Men Speaking ii. 53 We didn't come up in a warm house..but he was a good provider, a dedicated person. 2013 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 23 Dec. a23 She understands from her own life story what it's like for children to come up in humble circumstances and struggle. 23. intransitive. a. Of a rash, bruise, etc.: to appear or become visible; (of a swelling, etc.) to develop on the body. ΚΠ 1870 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 14 May 493/1 This [sc. shivering] was a symptom which he had never had before, and which left him when the rash came up. 1949 Arrow of Pi Beta Phi Dec. 170/1 No real damage but he has a ‘shiner’ coming up. He was hit in the eye with the soft ball. 1996 J. Abbott Distant Blood xxii. 293 Jordan, you got a bruise coming up on your face gonna be as purple as a plum. 2010 Blacktown (Sydney) (Nexis) 31 Mar. (Local section) 1 She..gets teased by the other kids at school and can't play much sport because she gets embarrassed when her rash comes up. b. Of an image: to appear as a result of the development of a photographic film or plate. ΚΠ 1883 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 16 Mar. 151/1 I then dropped it into the developer again, when the image immediately began to come up strongly, and I allowed it to remain until it came up fully. 1909 F. S. Scales Elem. Microsc. 225 With metol-hydroquinone the image comes up very rapidly at first. 1979 S. Johnson Cuppi i. 11 He worked on..developing the pictures he'd taken the night before. The first to come up was that of the old man. 2008 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 14 Mar. (Pasatiempo section) pa40 He recalls that, as he watched his first images of [Chet] Baker come up in the developing tray in his darkroom, he had ‘a very strong feeling..of what photogenic meant’. c. With complement. To become brighter, shinier, etc., as a result of polishing, cleaning, etc. ΚΠ 1892 Washing, Cleaning & Removing Stains 94 Painting on glass comes up well if you use bicarbonate of soda. a1948 D. Welch Last Sheaf (1951) 187 ‘The gold braid's rather tarnished, isn't it?’... ‘Why, all you needs is a drop of petrol and your old toothbrush and that'll come up fine.’ 1984 New Yorker 17 Sept. 56/1 I knew this floor had life left in it... It's come up a treat. 2006 K. Blackburn Grandma's Garden xi. 135 If you polish your penny with Brasso it comes up brand new. d. Of a light: to be turned on or made brighter, esp. during or at the end of a performance or show in a theatre, cinema, etc. Cf. to go up 12 at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1895 Marion (Iowa) Sentinel 12 Dec. 8/2 The incandescants [sic] went out, and as he was in a hurry he did not wait till the lights came up to have the job completed. 1929 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 26 Jan. 3/2 The house faded into darkness. The footlights came up. The curtain rose. 1973 A. Fugard Island in Statements (1974) i. 47 Stage-lights came up to reveal a moat of harsh, white light around the cell. 1991 D. Purcell Place of Stones (1992) xii. 413 When the house lights came up at the end of the screening, cast, crew, moneymen and friends stood up in their seats and applauded and cheered. 2015 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 Mar. (Weekend section) t10 You're transported to a nightclub in Dubai in the late hours when the DJ has stopped, the lights have come up, and you're halfway between a glamorous fantasy and the harsh morning glare of reality. 24. intransitive. colloquial. coming (right) up: used to indicate that food or drink is being prepared or will be served shortly. Also in extended use.In early use perhaps literally: being brought up from the kitchens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > sprouting or germination shutea1300 springinga1387 bearinga1398 germination?1440 springing1531 sprouting1547 blading1548 shoot1572 sprout1586 spring1597 putting1623 eruption1626 spindling1626 germinating1644 spearing1707 spiring1733 flushing1810 plantulation1819 germing1832 germinance1841 stooling1854 coming up1908 the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [interjection] coming up1908 grub up!1957 1908 San Antonio (Texas) Light 14 July 4/4 ‘Where is that mock turtle soup I ordered?’ ‘Comin' right up, sah.’ 1917 Goodwin's Weekly 20 Oct. 5/3 I..caught hold of the waiter's coattail..and inquired after my order. It was ‘coming up, sir’, he assured me. 1941 R. Riskin Meet John Doe in Six Screenplays (1997) 632 Dan. And doughnuts! I know. Hey, Ma! Sinkers, a pair! Ma's Voice. Sinkers, a pair, coming up. 1944 Billboard 23 Sept. 10 Live announcements—in which CBS stations remind their audiences constantly of new and pleasant listening ‘coming right up’. 1968 L. Deighton Only when I Larf xiv. 183 ‘Perhaps a coca-cola.’ ‘Coca-cola coming up,’ said Spencer. 2014 Austral. Mag. (Nexis) 9 Aug. 16 He's asked the air force orderly for a second cup of coffee. ‘Coming up, sir,’ she replies smartly. 25. intransitive. Of an event or point in time: to approach, to be imminent; (also) to arrive. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > present time [verb (intransitive)] > arrive so as to be present arrive1614 to be here1891 to come up1909 the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > future [verb (intransitive)] > be imminent comeOE nigha1225 to draw nearc1330 approachc1374 drawa1375 to stand ina1382 to stand ona1382 instand1382 to draw ona1450 proacha1450 to draw nigha1470 to fall at handa1535 to hang by (on, upon) a threada1538 instant1541 to prick fast upon1565 impend1674 simmer1703 depend1710 loom1827 to knock about1866 to come up1909 1909 Bridgemen's Mag. June 345/1 Local No. 93 has a baseball nine and a game coming up with the Nicolet College. Will let you know next month how it came out. 1943 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 30 Nov. 1/7 I was doing famously in the course till the mid-year exams came up. 1994 T. Lewis Private Correspondences (1996) i. 4 We got two handfuls of mail every day and even more now, with Daddy's election coming up in November. 2006 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 27 Mar. d5 When my family's birthdays come up, I always make sure the kids get gifts for each other and their dad. 26. intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). to come up big (also huge, large): to achieve success; to perform well.Chiefly in sporting contexts. ΚΠ 1943 Billboard 17 July 20/1 Maurice Rocco, boogie-woogie pianist, has scored in local cocktail spots and is now coming up big in New York. 1975 N.Y. Times 23 Apr. 35 When our back is up against the wall..and we have to come up big, I think that's when we play our best. 1985 Washington Post 22 Apr. c1/4 [The goaltender]..came up large in the first period and then we just seemed to outplay them. 1998 R. Hundley & T. McEachin Hot Rod Hundley i. 10 Antoine Carr came up huge in that game too, scoring 12 points in the second half. 2015 Toronto Star (Nexis) 20 Mar. (Sports section) s3 The 31-year-old from Sierra Leone's three goals in four playoff games proves he comes up big in pressure situations. 27. intransitive. British slang. Of a person: to start to feel the effects of a recreational drug (esp. ecstasy or LSD). Cf. to come down 14 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1989 Q Jan. 11/2 What's more the music and dancing made you feel good anyway and the people who took it [sc. Ecstasy] seemed to come up smiling. 1997 N. Blincoe in S. Champion Disco Biscuits 11 He could tell by his eyes he was coming up. The pupils were spreading like ink blots to cover the whole of his eye ball. 2013 Leicester Mercury (Nexis) 26 Jan. 26 Two minutes later..I felt as if I was coming up on LSD. < as lemmas |
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