think up

phrasal verb

thought up; thinking up; thinks up

informal

: to use one's mind to form or invent (something)

Quick! We have to think up an excuse.

They thought up a new way of raising money for charity.

Examples of think up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For the past two years, more than two dozen parents and district staff worked to think up new meals that might be healthier, and culturally responsive for the largely Latino population in Jeffco’s Edgewater schools on the western boundary near Denver. —Yesenia Robles, The Denver Post, 1 Oct. 2024

While most of the population hasn't thought up a plan for the worst-case scenario, it's apparently been on more people's minds as of late. —Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 July 2024

Read on for our ultimate guide to vertical vegetable gardens and start thinking up! —Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 26 June 2024

Fortune Amazon thinks up a Temu clone E-commerce giant Amazon plans to start a section of its store to allow Chinese warehouses to sell directly to U.S. consumers, in what would be a direct challenge to Chinese services like Shein and Temu. —Alena Botros, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2023