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think up

DEFINITIONS OF: think up

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v devise or invent

“He thought up a plan to get rich quickly”
Synonyms:
concoct, dream up, hatch, think of
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idealise, idealize
form ideals
cook up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture
make up something artificial or untrue
mythologise, mythologize
construct a myth
confabulate
unconsciously replace fact with fantasy in one's memory
concoct, trump up
invent
spin
make up a story
vamp, vamp up
make up
Type of:
create by mental act, create mentally
create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands
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