Meaning

"Coming right up" means your request will be ready very soon. It's what a server or bartender says after you order: "One iced tea, please." "Coming right up." The "it" is missing, as it often is in quick replies. The full version would be "It's coming right up", but nobody says that.

"Right" here means immediately, the same "right" as in "right now" and "right away". "Up" is the food or drink arriving at the counter, ready to serve.

It's cheerful and a little old-fashioned in a warm way, like a diner. You can use it outside restaurants too, for anything someone asks you to bring or make: a file, a coffee for a coworker, a second helping at home. Among friends it sounds playful, as if you're pretending to be a waiter. Only say it if you really are about to do the thing.

In a conversation

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Say it out loud

Tap a sentence to hear it. Say it after the voice.

Check yourself

1A server says "Coming right up." What does that mean?
2Your roommate asks for a glass of water and you say "Coming right up." How does it sound?

Practice · 3 min

Listen, then repeat. Keep it bright and quick. The stress falls on "up", and the voice goes up a little too.

Say it today

Use it once in a real conversation before tomorrow. Out loud counts, even to yourself.