Synonyms for came up


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuhm
Phonetic Transcription : kÊŒm


Définition of came up

Origin :
  • Old English cuman "come, approach, land; come to oneself, recover; arrive; assemble" (class IV strong verb; past tense cuom, com, past participle cumen), from Proto-Germanic *kwem- (cf. Old Saxon cuman, Old Frisian kuma, Middle Dutch comen, Dutch komen, Old High German queman, German kommen, Old Norse koma, Gothic qiman), from PIE root *gwa-, *gwem- "to go, come" (cf. Sanskrit gamati "he goes," Avestan jamaiti "goes," Tocharian kakmu "come," Lithuanian gemu "to be born," Greek bainein "to go, walk, step," Latin venire "to come").
  • The substitution of Middle English -o- for Old English -u- before -m-, -n-, or -r- was a scribal habit before minims to avoid misreading the letters in the old style handwriting, which jammed letters. The practice similarly transformed some, monk, tongue, worm. Modern past tense form came is Middle English, probably from Old Norse kvam, replacing Old English cuom.
  • Remarkably productive with prepositions (NTC's "Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs" lists 198 combinations); consider the varied senses in come to "regain consciousness," come over "possess" (as an emotion), come at "attack," come on (interj.) "be serious," and come off "occur." For sexual senses, see cum.
  • verb happen suddenly
Example sentences :
  • The Milbreys, father and son, came up and greeted the group on the piazza.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He came up to her, more gently now, and took up her hand to kiss it.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I thanked her, when she came up, for her past service to me.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Tried to get my gun on him, but he came up like a wild cat and went straight at me.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • She came up to me, and repeated all these passages with tears.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Six months after you left, the holidays came, and I came up to town.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • There had been a boy in the shadows when he came up the Street.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • It came up from and disappeared into the creek, so I was sure it must have been a Gahonga.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • I have just seen John again; he came up to Barnard, which won't do at all.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • As she stood in the hall holding the letter, Farringdon came up.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

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