dream up

verb

dreamed up or dreamt up; dreaming up; dreams up

transitive verb

: to form in the mind : devise, concoct

Examples of dream up in a Sentence

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Consider Chatterton’s Fields of This, an exemplary case study, as the hazy slacker rock the Oxnard, California, duo of guitarist-keyboardist Brock Pierce and multi-instrumentalist Logan Scrivner dream up is brash yet diffident. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024 Retailers and e-commerce platforms create much excitement around shopping holidays, and Cyber Monday is only a day dreamed up in 2005 by the National Retail Federation to rev up online retailing. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2024 Christmas and Halloween collide in this clever stop-motion holiday mash-up dreamed up by Tim Burton. EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024 Almost ten years ago, the couple bought a 12,000-square-foot Tudor-style home in Winnipeg from Paul Maurice, currently the head coach of the NHL’s Florida Panthers, and tapped Huron to dream up the interiors. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dream up 

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dream up was in 1837

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“Dream up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dream%20up. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.

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