dream up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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The people who dream up the looks that sparkle at high-profile events, and who make sure that even if you don’t feel perfect, you at least look it.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
Mars won’t pay the bills at SpaceX like its Starlink service or any of the other applications that Musk can dream up.
From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026
If you should happen to dream up a scene in which a man runs screaming around the jungle with a wild boar strapped to his head, he’s the obvious pick to pull it off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
Then build the most fabulous, flavor-packed fruit salad you can dream up.
From Salon • May 31, 2025
For myself, I am still haunted by those vowel sounds and those uniquely ungrammatical sentences only she could dream up!
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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