come up from behind (English, verb)
expansion: come up from behind (third-person singular simple present comes up from behind, present participle coming up from behind, simple past came up from behind, past participle come up from behind)
Senses:
glosses: To surprisingly succeed despite long odds; to stealthily or unobtrusively rise up from a low-status position.
Forms:
form: comes up from behind
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: coming up from behind
tags: participle
present
form: came up from behind
tags: past
form: come up from behind
tags: participle
past