Come up
Come up verb - To come near or nearer.
Lapse
Lapse verb - To come to an end.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Christopher Paolini, author of Inheritance Cycle, has an unfortunate tendency to lapse into this, usually as a result of his Purple Prose, thesaurus abuse and trying too hard to come up with creative descriptions.
Source: Delusions of Eloquence
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Lapse and Come up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/come_up/lapse
Come up & Lapse. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/come_up/lapse>.
Lapse or Come up. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/come_up/lapse.
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