Come up
Come up verb - To come near or nearer.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- If Madison dies, then America uses her death to increase its anti-terrorism laws, and nobody has come up to the plate to oppose them.
Source: Not Quite the Right Thing -
But then he stalls for an incredibly long amount of time to come up with a reason to accept the rent increase that he finds good.
Source: Overly Long Gag -
Because Oscars get people to the theater, and because ticket sales increase a studio's bottom line, movie studios and producers have come up with many schemes to get Oscars for their films.
Source: Oscar Bait
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