hit upon
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They hit upon the idea of creating a cipher using musical notation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Taking a cue from the festivities at Somerset House, he hit upon the idea of throwing a masked party to subsidize the theater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
It is certainly light years away from Snooker Loopy, the 1986 Chas 'n' Dave hit upon which Davis featured, alongside such other great players as Dennis Taylor and Terry Griffiths.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024
Donaldson says that the story’s brief but profound shock was something she hit upon early in the project’s genesis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2024
Once Sumerians had hit upon this phonetic principle, they began to use it for much more than just writing abstract nouns.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
