come up from behind

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Verb

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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)

  1. To surprisingly succeed despite long odds; to stealthily or unobtrusively rise up from a low-status position.
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