think up

think up
{v.} To invent or discover by thinking; have a new idea of. * /Mary thought up a funny game for the children to play./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • Think — Think, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thinking}.] [OE. thinken, properly, to seem, from AS. [thorn]yncean (cf. {Methinks}), but confounded with OE. thenken to think, fr. AS. [thorn]encean (imp. [thorn][=o]hte); akin to D. denken …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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