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Definition of Come up to
1. Verb. Speak to someone.
Specialized synonyms: Greet, Recognise, Recognize, Approach
Generic synonyms: Come, Come Up
Derivative terms: Addressee
Definition of Come up to
1. Verb. (transitive) to approach ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Come Up To
Literary usage of Come up to
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, Izaak Walton (1909)
"Now while I was gazing upon all these things, ignorance I turned my head to look
back, and saw Ignorance com^s UP come up to the River-side; but he soon got ..."
2. Shirley: A Tale by Charlotte Brontë (1850)
"Man of prejudice, good-by: William, good-by. Children, come up to Fieldhead
to-morrow, and you shall choose what you like ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... but when the salaries did not come up to about $750 (generally with parsonage),
the difference was made up from a reinforcement fund. ..."
4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"He does not come up to the high standard of Colonel Newcome or Esmond, but he
is, in his way, as real, and even more unconsciously and gently noble-minded ..."
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