phrasal verb · neutral
come up
/kʌm ʌp/come·UP
speakingtask2
to appear or be mentioned; to arise (a topic, question, problem)
Examples
“During the meeting, an unexpected question came up about funding.”
“If any difficulties come up, tell me straight away.”
“The topic of recycling often comes up in classroom discussions.”
Band 8 sentence
“A number of ethical concerns came up during the interview that we hadn't anticipated.”
Collocations
- come up in conversation
- come up for discussion
- a problem comes up
Word family
come up vcomes up v (3rd sg)came up v (past)coming up v (gerund)
Common mistakes
This issue came yesterday.→This issue came up yesterday.
Say it for a higher band
5happen→6appear→7+come up
Synonyms
arise
Easily confused
arise
“Several problems arose during the experiment.”
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