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think up
verb
- tr, adverb to invent or devise
to think up a plan
Idioms and Phrases
Devise, contrive by thinking, as in She's an expert at thinking up interesting programs . [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
Zinsky was the first gee to think up a very novel way of getting rid of people that crowd you.
If he brings a large force, we'll beat a retreat and think up another plot.
At last having exhausted all her resources, Mrs. Corner was obliged to think up some new entertainment.
I guess we won't have it until around Christmas, and by then my father will think up some place for us.
To amuse himself while he tried to think up some new scheme, Fred fell to shouting again.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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