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
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Read on for our ultimate guide to vertical vegetable gardens and start thinking up!
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Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 26 June 2024
Fortune Amazon thinks up a Temu clone E-commerce giant Amazon plans to start a section of its store to allow Chinese warehouses to sell directly to U.S. consumers, in what would be a direct challenge to Chinese services like Shein and Temu.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2023
This beautiful treatment was thought up by resident wellness mentor Ibu Fera, who rocked her baby to sleep with similar stories and songs.
—Yasemen Kaner-White, theweek, 12 Apr. 2024
As leader of the school’s social justice club, Mahmood also thinks up projects for students to engage their civic muscles monthly, such as conducting a drive for hygiene items for the refugee population in the Chicagoland area.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2024
On his first few movies, Mr. Corman produced, thought up the story, drove the equipment truck and filled in as a stunt driver.
—Aljean Harmetz, New York Times, 12 May 2024
There Kare analyzes tech patents and ideas and also thinks up some wild concepts of his own, often in brainstorming sessions held with a shifting cast of smart people, including science-fiction writers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2011
According to the Orlando Sentinel, the idea for the town was originally thought up by Disney's largest shareholders in the 1980s, the Bass Brothers, who wanted to break into land development.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
The Black Manhattan does not follow this rule, because when Todd Smith thought up the cocktail in 2005, the rule hadn’t been invented yet.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2024
Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 26 June 2024
Fortune Amazon thinks up a Temu clone E-commerce giant Amazon plans to start a section of its store to allow Chinese warehouses to sell directly to U.S. consumers, in what would be a direct challenge to Chinese services like Shein and Temu.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2023
This beautiful treatment was thought up by resident wellness mentor Ibu Fera, who rocked her baby to sleep with similar stories and songs.
—Yasemen Kaner-White, theweek, 12 Apr. 2024
As leader of the school’s social justice club, Mahmood also thinks up projects for students to engage their civic muscles monthly, such as conducting a drive for hygiene items for the refugee population in the Chicagoland area.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2024
On his first few movies, Mr. Corman produced, thought up the story, drove the equipment truck and filled in as a stunt driver.
—Aljean Harmetz, New York Times, 12 May 2024
There Kare analyzes tech patents and ideas and also thinks up some wild concepts of his own, often in brainstorming sessions held with a shifting cast of smart people, including science-fiction writers.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2011
According to the Orlando Sentinel, the idea for the town was originally thought up by Disney's largest shareholders in the 1980s, the Bass Brothers, who wanted to break into land development.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
The Black Manhattan does not follow this rule, because when Todd Smith thought up the cocktail in 2005, the rule hadn’t been invented yet.
—Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2024
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“Think up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/think%20up. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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