dream up

Example Sentences

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He keeps hens in his hostel room and dreams up improbable schemes to transform India - including planting trees along railway tracks, fertilised by waste from passing trains.

From BBC

A Brazilian man with a penchant for sporting records breaks a new one after tackling the most boring physical challenge he could dream up: running on a treadmill for 24 hours.

From Barron's

Bopping to and from recording studios is exactly the type of lifestyle Barrera always dreamed up.

From Los Angeles Times

Never mind that it was said to have been dreamed up by kids at a soda fountain that Short frequented and referred mainly to her upswept hairdo.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Are you kidding? It’s a kid’s dream up here!”

From Literature