think up

phrasal verb

thought up; thinking up; thinks up
informal
: to use one's mind to form or invent (something)
Quick! We have to think up an excuse.
They thought up a new way of raising money for charity.

Examples of think up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web More more than 1,200 nonprofits signed up for the initiative which was thought up only four months ago by Chariot, an online payments company whose DAFpay app can turn the traditionally labor-intensive process of giving from a DAF into a much more spontaneous three-click process. David Hessekiel, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 The owner of Austin’s Blue Starlite cinema, Josh Frank, thought up the idea for the series during Covid lockdowns. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024 For the past two years, more than two dozen parents and district staff worked to think up new meals that might be healthier, and culturally responsive for the largely Latino population in Jeffco’s Edgewater schools on the western boundary near Denver. Yesenia Robles, The Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2024 While most of the population hasn't thought up a plan for the worst-case scenario, it's apparently been on more people's minds as of late. Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for think up 

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

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