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View definitions for think up

think up

verb as in design

verb as in dream up

verb as in manufacture

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verb as in mastermind

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There it was: the delicately arched eyebrow, the waves of brown hair cascading poetically over that intelligent forehead....No doubt he was busy thinking up plot twists even now....

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Do you try to think up some question so everyone can move on?

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“Now, when they learn that the pilot is alive, they will have to think up something else,” Khrushchev said.

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The pauses in chat were glacial as we all tried to think up stimulating questions that might lead us somewhere other than strained silence.

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It is thought up to 25 families are affected, many of which attended a public meeting on Wednesday.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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