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think up

















VERB
mastermind
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG




Example Sentences

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The scheme was thought up by adventurer and financier William Paterson.

From The Wall Street Journal

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....

From Literature

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

From Literature

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

From Literature

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

From Salon