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.

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My best friend lived above the restaurant where Churchill and Schuman thought up the EU. Sara Stridsberg september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025 Not even Chris Hargensen, the organizer of Carrie’s prom-night humiliation, the meanest of all mean girls, could have thought up something so diabolical. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025 This effort started when Arthur Sun, a first-year undergraduate student at the University of Cambridge, thought up a problem for a university math contest. Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2025 In the movies, zombies are impervious to knives, guns, katanas, spiked baseball bats and most other weapons an inventive auteur can think up. Jason Rose, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025 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 18 Sep. 2025.

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