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came up roses

came up roses is the simple past of come up roses.

Meaning of come up roses

Verb

come up roses (third-person singular simple present comes up roses, present participle coming up roses, simple past came up roses, past participle come up roses)

  1. (idiomatic) To enter into a condition or situation which is favorable; to develop in a pleasing or advantageous manner.
    • All of a sudden, or so it seemed, the world had turned around and they were coming up roses. Now, instead of the bottle being half empty it was suddenly half full, and getting closer and closer to the top.1978, Hubert Selby, Requiem for a Dream, →ISBN, page 127

Questions about came up roses

What is came up roses the simple past of?
Came up roses is the simple past of come up roses.

Words near came up roses in the dictionary

  1. came unhinged
  2. came up
  3. came up against
  4. came up and bit
  5. came up from behind
  6. came up roses
  7. came up short
  8. came up snake eyes
  9. came up to
  10. came up trumps
  11. came up with

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