dream up

verb

dreamed up or dreamt up; dreaming up; dreams up

transitive verb

: to form in the mind : devise, concoct

Examples of dream up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The sudden, brutal, pure-force-of-nature bear attacks in this movie are just as scary as anything the genre’s classic killers would dream up. Travis Bean, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024 Hollywood trades have pointed the fingers at director Todd Phillips, at Warner Bros. Pictures film chiefs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy, at the dance sequences Joaquin Phoenix literally dreamed up, and at the film’s quality itself for what the heck could’ve gone wrong. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2024 The plot of The Ferryman was dreamt up by both of us in a car driving to upstate New York in a snowstorm. Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024 Groundbreaking, but this season designers really did dream up a bunch of different ways to enliven the wardrobe staple. Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dream up 

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Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dream up was in 1837

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“Dream up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dream%20up. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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