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 That’s not unusual for the actress, who loves to help dream up storylines. Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024 Thank you for loving me and being the best man this lady could dream up. Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024 Wheeler, who also read poetry, loved dreaming up vivid language for new concepts in physics. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024 And the Walt Disney Co., of course, has a romanticized history with railroads, as Walt Disney once had a backyard railway of his own and is said to have dreamed up Mickey Mouse on a cross-country train trip. Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024 On that drive through the Western Sahara, McCall recalled dreaming up the idea for what would become PlaceIQ to capture all of the geospatial data that consumers were emitting and generate insights. Byron Tau, WIRED, 27 Feb. 2024 Launched late last year, the storefront is an immersive experience that offers her global customers a moment to reflect and sit inside of a space dreamed up by the beloved creative. Essence, 29 Mar. 2024 The decision by the Alabama Supreme Court threw our dreams up in the air. Spencer Goidel, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2024 The design was dreamt up by the team’s technical Derek Gardner. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2024

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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 19 Apr. 2024.

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