"come up to" meaning in All languages combined

See come up to on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: comes up to [present, singular, third-person], coming up to [participle, present], came up to [past], come up to [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,came,come>}} come up to (third-person singular simple present comes up to, present participle coming up to, simple past came up to, past participle come up to)
  1. (transitive) To approach. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-come_up_to-en-verb-JR3mXakU
  2. (transitive) To meet expectations. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-come_up_to-en-verb-OGk6GD-p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "to", English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 81 11 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "to": 12 75 14 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 12 75 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 83 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 87 7
  3. (transitive) To reach a certain height. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-come_up_to-en-verb-UZaZEnct

Inflected forms

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      "form": "comes up to",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "came up to",
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    },
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      "name": "en-verb"
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              6,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "text": "We're coming up to the end of the night, so please finish your glasses.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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            [
              127,
              137
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1959 October 4, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 703:",
          "text": "The motorman had reduced speed to little more than walking pace as we approached the signal, and had the brakes released as we came up to it.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To approach."
      ],
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          "approach",
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        "(transitive) To approach."
      ],
      "tags": [
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          "text": "The outcome didn't come up to our hopes for the project.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To meet expectations."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To meet expectations."
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "To reach a certain height."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To reach a certain height."
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      "form": "came up to",
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    },
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        "To approach."
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        "(transitive) To approach."
      ],
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        "To meet expectations."
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        "(transitive) To meet expectations."
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "To reach a certain height."
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        "(transitive) To reach a certain height."
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