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come up to

Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
come up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep	(reach as high as)	llegar a loc verb
	Don't worry if you can't swim; the water will only come up to your knees.
	No te preocupe el no saber nadar, el agua solo te llegará a las rodillas.
come up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep	figurative (meet: standards, expectations)	estar a la altura de loc verb
		cumplir con vi + prep
		responder a vi + prep
	No matter what he did, he wasn't able to come up to his father's expectations.
	No importaba lo que hiciera, no podía estar a la altura de las expectativas de su padre.

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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
come up vi phrasal	figurative (topic: be raised, mentioned)	salir⇒ vi
		surgir⇒ vi
		aparecer⇒ vi
	The senator knew that questions about his campaign would come up.
	El senador sabía que esa pregunta sobre su campaña iba a salir.
come up vi phrasal	figurative (problem: occur, appear) (problema)	surgir⇒ vi
		ocurrir⇒ vi
		pasar⇒ vi
	I'm afraid a problem has come up, so I won't be at the meeting this afternoon.
	Me temo que ha surgido un problema, no estaré en la reunión de esta tarde.
come up vi phrasal	(rise)	salir⇒ vi
		emerger⇒ vi
		levantarse⇒ v prnl
	We sat on the beach and watched the sun come up over the water.
	Nos sentamos en la playa a ver al sol salir sobre el agua.
come up vi phrasal	(rise in the hierarchy)	ascender⇒ vi
	He started in the mail room but he came up through the ranks to become the CEO of the company.
	Empezó en la sala de correos pero ascendió hasta convertirse en CEO de la compañía.
come up vi phrasal	(approach [sb])	acercarse⇒ v prnl
	She came up and introduced herself to me.
	Se acercó y se presentó.
come up to [sb] vi phrasal + prep	(approach [sb])	acercarse a v prnl + prep
	He came up to me in the street and tried to bum a dollar.
	Se me acercó en la calle y trató de garronearme un dólar.

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