Come up missing

Meaning

This phrase describes an item or a person that has turned up absent when they were expected to be present. It is often used for things that have been misplaced.

Perplexed, colloquial

Used in a sentence

• I put my keys on the table, but now they have come up missing.
• My favorite wrench has come up missing from the tool shed again.
• Some of the cookies from the jar have come up missing since the kids got home.