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 drink menu, meanwhile, will be dreamed up by beverage director Lucas Robinson, who also crafted the menus at O’resh, the Corner Store, and the Eighty Six. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2026

Before thousands of fans can wear them, collect them, or hand them over to the pope himself, someone has to dream up the various memorabilia given away to fans entering Rate Field on game day. — Sara MacHi, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

After a chat with her now partner Phillips, the two dreamed up an idea to open an all-in-one shop for antiques and plants. — Olivia Evans, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Sep. 2026

The charcoal floor tiling and island in the corner kitchen feel like something Rick Owens would have dreamed up, as are the primary bathroom’s concrete floors and shower stall. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 7 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dream up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup