|

come up to

DEFINITIONS OF: come up to

1

v speak to someone

Synonyms:
accost, address
Types:
show 12 types...
hide 12 types...
greet, recognise, recognize
express greetings upon meeting someone
approach
make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
hit
pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
shake hands
take someone's hands and shake them as a gesture of greeting or congratulation
bob, curtsy
make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect
salute
greet in a friendly way
present, salute
recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position
salute
honor with a military ceremony, as when honoring dead soldiers
hail, herald
greet enthusiastically or joyfully
receive, welcome
bid welcome to; greet upon arrival
say farewell
say good-bye or bid farewell
bid, wish
invoke upon
Type of:
come, come up
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES