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verb

(tr, adverb) to invent or deviseto think up a plan

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Words nearby think up

think positive, think tank, think the world of, think through, think twice, think up, thin-layer chromatography, thinner, thinnish, thin on top, thin register
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Words related to think up

forge, concoct, fabricate, create, produce, spawn, evolve, develop, conceive, discover, invent, initiate, hatch, found, spark, generate, visualize, foresee, predict, anticipate

Idioms and Phrases with think up

think up

Devise, contrive by thinking, as in She's an expert at thinking up interesting programs. [Mid-1800s]

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