to invent or to imagine something, especially an excuse
But her compelling grey eyes held mine, and I found I had no choice but to think up an answer.
If people could think up words like that there was still some hope for the world.
She would have to be on her guard against all the dirty tricks he might ever have heard of - or be able to think up on his own.
She’d have to think up a good reason for being late.
This was self-defence, but we've got to think up what we're going to do next.
thinks up
thinking up
thought up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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