come up

1) to grow up
2) to rise from the streets
3) to succeed

Trouble Man, by Marvin Gaye
"I come up hard, baby,
But now I`m cool.
I didn` make it, sugah,
Playin' by the rules."

by Th. C. Cool October 11, 2005

on the come up

somethin that's not quite happenin yet, but on the vurge of blowin up or makin some serious noise.

I got some thangs in the works but I can't talk about it yet. It's definitely on the come up, word ta mother.

by the excalibur November 7, 2006

to come up on somethin, to find something of value such as a $20 bill on the ground. Also to rise to the top financially

i came up on a dime bag i saw layin in the park

by nor-cal March 8, 2004

When you just sold 5Ps of dank and got the money to fund ur shit properly ur on the comeup

by yanar October 27, 2004

Badass: lmao dude, i have come up on a ton of lollipops from the barber!
person:holy fuck

by faggotskillgays December 7, 2016

To snag someone who is more attractive, more successful, and/or richer than you.

Stacy was just a bartender at Applebee's when she met that basketball player. She snagged the ultimate come up.

by Sidewinder01 September 19, 2012

"Ay fool, you wanna come up on that watch we saw at the jewelery store"

"Dawg, we gotta come up on some shit at this house party tonight"

by dubbedoutgeo July 3, 2006