come up
v. phr.— «Deputy District Attorney Jose Arias portrayed the men as experienced garage burglars and possible drug users who were short on money during the early morning hours of March 28, 2006, and were looking to “come up,” a slang term meaning to find things to steal.» —“Jailhouse bug yields dramatic testimony” by Wendy Thomas Russell in Long Beach Press-Telegram (California) Mar. 19, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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