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(tr, adverb) to invent by ingenuity and imaginationto dream up an excuse for leaving

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Words nearby dream up

dreamscape, dreamt, dream team, dream ticket, dreamtime, dream up, dream vision, dreamwork, dream world, dreamy, drear

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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.
Meet Our Animal Robot Overlords|James Joiner|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The joke—a corny one— was more like a stunt that high school kids would dream up, and that was the point of it.
The Beatles and JFK 50 Years Later|Nicolaus Mills|February 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
Who on Vitter's staff got paid a taxpayer-funded salary to sit around and dream up 653 questions?
The New McCarthyism|Michael Tomasky|May 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST

When he and Mazzei dream up a new design, they can produce a sample in the factory connected to their office.
YouTube Founder Quits for Fashion|Isabel Wilkinson|November 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST
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 Piper
Leave it to Chahda to dream up something like that, Rick thought.
The Caves of Fear|John Blaine
An actual world to match whatever kind of world you can dream up, let's say.
The Worlds of Joe Shannon|Frank M. Robinson
Let'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 Appleton
Why 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

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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