dream up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Ford dreamed up the atomic-age Nucleon, powered by a tiny nugget of uranium and incidentally requiring tons of lead shielding to protect anyone who came within a football field of the thing.
From Los Angeles Times
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
As a child, I spent so many nights playing tricks on myself, twisting the shadows from trees outside my window into the most terrifying images my mind could dream up.
From Salon
When I thought about all the stuff I had dreamed up about Courtney, I realized that most of it was because of how beautiful she was.
From Literature
The dramatic heavyweight showdown between a pair of global superstars was exactly what Major League Baseball officials imagined when they dreamed up the WBC two decades ago.
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