verb
- Appear or become visible; make a showing.
- usage: "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again"
- Move towards.
- usage: "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
- Develop in a positive way.
- usage: "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"
- Start running, functioning, or operating.
- usage: "the lights went on"; "the computer came up"
- Occur or become available.
- usage: "water or electricity came on again after the earthquake"
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