dream up
(tr, adverb) to invent by ingenuity and imagination: to dream up an excuse for leaving
Words Nearby dream up
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How to use dream up in a sentence
Science imitates nature as researchers dream up robotic dogs, cheetahs, sharks and even cockroaches.
The joke—a corny one— was more like a stunt that high school kids would dream up, and that was the point of it.
I mean, it sounds like something that Homer Simpson might dream up.
The Appeal of Cinnabon Vodka and the Rise of Flavored Vodkas | Daniel Gross | November 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWho on Vitter's staff got paid a taxpayer-funded salary to sit around and dream up 653 questions?
When he and Mazzei dream up a new design, they can produce a sample in the factory connected to their office.
I didn't do it, and I can beat any case that half-assed ex-ambulance-chaser, Farnsworth, could dream up against me.
Murder in the Gunroom | Henry Beam PiperLeave it to Chahda to dream up something like that, Rick thought.
The Caves of Fear | John BlaineAn actual world to match whatever kind of world you can dream up, let's say.
The Worlds of Joe Shannon | Frank M. RobinsonLet's sleep on it and see if we can't dream up something by tomorrow morning that'll really wow them.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung | Victor AppletonWhy she would look so provocative, so enchanting, so devastating, whatever other words you cared to dream up.
Thy Name Is Woman | Bryce Walton
Other Idioms and Phrases with dream up
Invent, concoct, as in Count on her to dream up some explanation for her absence. This expression replaced the somewhat earlier dream out. [c. 1940]
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