come up & come up with

come up = arise, appear or occur (in Spanish ‘surgir’)

e.g. Many new opportunities have come up due to the pandemic.

come up with = find or produce an answer (in Sp. ‘idear’)

e.g. The mechanic came up with a way to fix the engine.

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