think up
[verb]
Synonyms: devise, come up with, concoct, contrive, create, dream up, invent, visualize

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think something ↔ up phrasal verb (see also think)
to produce a new idea, name etc by thinking:
She was trying to think up an excuse.
Did you think that up yourself?
Who thinks up names for new products?

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think up
think up (something)
to invent something.
She used to think up funny things just to make him laugh.

Sitting in the school yard, I thought up a scheme to get the older boys on my side.

They had to do something fast, and they were smart to actually think that up.

Related vocabulary: dream up something

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think up something
think up (something)
to invent something.
She used to think up funny things just to make him laugh.

Sitting in the school yard, I thought up a scheme to get the older boys on my side.

They had to do something fast, and they were smart to actually think that up.

Related vocabulary: dream up something

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think up
• think up (an excuse/idea)
to invent or create an excuse or idea
Our boss has thought up many interesting ideas for our company.

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think up
v. To invent or discover by thinking; have a new idea of.
Mary thought up a funny game for the children to play.

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