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Be (just) coming up to something
Be coming up Come up to Come up to A man came up to him and asked for a light. 2. if someone comes up to a place, they travel north to the place where you are Why don't you come up to New York for the weekend? 3. if a subject comes up, people mention it and discuss it ᅳs ynonym arise His name came up in the conversation. The subject of salaries didn't come up. 4. if a problem or difficulty comes up, it appears or starts to affect you ᅳ synonym arise I'm afraid I'll have to cancel our date - something's come up.The same problems come up every time. 5. if a job or an opportunity comes up, it becomes available A vacancy has come up in the accounts department. 6. to be dealt with in a law court Your case comes up next week. to be going to happen soon With Christmas coming up, few people have much money to spare. 8. if the sun or moon comes up, it moves up into the sky where you can see it ᅳ synonym rise It was six o'clock, and the sun was just coming up. 9. if a plant comes up, it begins to appear above the ground The first spring bulbs are just coming up. 10. if food comes up, it goes back through your mouth from your stomach after being swallowed ᅳsee also vomit 11. coming (right) up! spoken used to say that food or drink will be ready very soon 'Two martinis, please.' 'Coming up!' come up against something/somebody phrasal verb to have to deal with problems or difficulties We may find we come up against quite a lot of opposition from local people. You've got no idea of what you're going to come up against. come up for something phrasal verb 1. come up for discussion/examination/review etc to be discussed, examined etc This matter will come up for discussion at next month's meeting. The regulations come up for review in April. 2. come up for election/re-election/selection etc to reach the time when people have to vote about whether you should continue in a political position The governors come up for re-election next year. come upon somebody/something phrasal verb 1. to find or discover something or someone by chance We came upon a little cottage just on the edge of the wood. 2. li terary if a feeling comes upon you, you suddenly feel it A wave of tiredness came upon her. come up to something/somebody phrasal verb 1. to reach a particular standard or to be as good as you expected This doesn't come up to the standard of your usual work. The resort certainly failed to come up to expectations. to be nearly a particular time It's just coming up to 11 o'clock. come up with something phrasal verb 1. to think of an idea, answer etc Is that the best excuse you can come up with? We've been asked to come up with some new ideas. 2. informal to produce an amount of money We wanted to buy the house but we couldn't come up with the cash. How am I supposed to come up with $10,000? Differ verb [intransitive] 1. to be different from something in some way The two systems differ in many respects.
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