CAME UP Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

came up

verb

past tense of come up

as in came

to come near or nearer the girl came up to the counter and asked if she could have her order prepared to go

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as in surfaced

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly let me know if anything else comes up during the project

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Recent Examples of came up That came up 10, 20, 27, 28, 33, matching a free Quick Pick ticket out of the machine at Fresco Y Mas, 8855 Coral Way aka SW 24th St. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026 The Knights have lost two games after opponents came up with one-handed, game-winning catches in the closing seconds, making Friday’s blowout setback a bit of an aberration. — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 One idea that came up in the chat was buying a signature-gathering firm that Regan had hired, in the hope of stopping the initiative. — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 Ryan Lawlor, who came up with the idea for the town’s Halloween scarecrow contest, got the mannequin heads, then searched for the right pair of glass frames and found them in a Dollar Store. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026 The defense came up big again, stopping the Eagles on downs at the Rams’ two-yard line. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Lam came up in the early 2000s alongside a generation of New York labels that included Proenza Schouler, Jason Wu, Thakoon, and Phillip Lim. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 When the Panthers came up empty on their final two drives, the game was over. — Charlotte Observer, 27 Sep. 2026 Bowling Green came up just short on a fourth-and-16 play in the final seconds. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for came up

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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.

— Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.

— Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025

Definition of came

Verb

The Technion team approached the problem by rethinking what happens on the other side of the electrolysis process.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Smoke from wildfires disrupted daily life in Brazil's largest Amazon region city of Manaus on Friday as the country's dry season approached its peak.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of approached

Verb

As other RFAs such as Connor Bedard and Drew Commesso agreed to new contracts, questions arose about whether Korchinski, 22, would remain in the Hawks system.

— Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Hope arose that the Daryl Powell settlement in January would lead to a quick resolution of the remaining lawsuits filed against the iconic Manhattan church.

— Luke Cyphers, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of arose

Verb

In the 20th century, FDR rejected bank nationalization to develop a common-sense securities framework that drew on the best of both the private and public sectors.

— William R. Gruver, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026
On the sixth season (1986-87) of the CBS primetime soap opera Falcon Crest, Gortner drew on his real-life experience to portray Vince Karlotti, a colorful polygamist and faux psychic medium over 17 episodes.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of drew on

Verb

Reactor, which emerged from stealth in May, develops software to make world models run faster and cheaper, and sells a cloud service that manages the computing capacity.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
When Mohamed Salah terminated his contract with Liverpool a year early, MLS and the Saudi Pro League emerged as potential destinations for the Egyptian star.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of emerged

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Other top executives received payouts that topped nine figures, SEC filings revealed after the Skydance deal closed.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
The offer came at a time when Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and many other public school districts in Florida, have closed or consolidated schools and are contemplating even more closures.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026