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come up1(Of an issue, situation, or problem) occur or present itself, especially unexpectedly: the subject has not yet come up something must have come up...- This issue just keeps coming up again and again.
- I'm not even sure that I'd vote on the issue if it were coming up for legalisation in my state; there are a lot more pressing economic issues on my mind.
- ‘Ninety-seven percent of issues that are coming up are localised,’ he said.
Synonyms arise, present itself, occur, happen, come about, transpire, emerge, surface, crop up, turn up, pop up 1.1(Of a specified time or event) approach or draw near: she’s got exams coming up...- The local branch's main fundraising event is coming up in the summer when five bikers will embark on a sponsored motorbike trip on mainland Europe from May to June.
- After a hard day, it's off to the student bar to talk about the events of nights past and plan the events of the night coming up.
- The events coming up this year include an art exhibition in October which helps artists earn good money for their work.
1.2(Of a legal case) reach the time when it is scheduled to be dealt with. 2Become brighter in a specified way as a result of being polished or cleaned: I cleaned up the painting and it came up like new...- However certain well known tunes come up extremely bright and shiny, mixed with the sparkling transient tones of his freer moments in improvisation.
- I took it home, and cleaned it up; and it came up a treat.
3British Begin one’s studies at a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge.Bearing this in mind, many are disadvantaged in that they come from a background of under confidence on coming up to university....- Some freshers were so keen to get involved with the protest that they emailed her prior to coming up to Oxford at the start of this term to ask for ribbons.
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