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coming up roses

coming up roses is the present participle and gerund 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 coming up roses

What is coming up roses the present participle and gerund of?
Coming up roses is the present participle and gerund of come up roses.

Words near coming up roses in the dictionary

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

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