come up with sth
— phrasal verb with come uk/kʌm/us/kʌm/verb came, come
B2 to suggest or think of an idea or plan:
She's come up with some amazing scheme to double her income.
More examples
- He's come up with a new way to use up cold chicken.
- Gavin came up with the idea of dividing the rooms in half.
- We'll think about a present for her and see what we can come up with.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Suggestions & proposals
- about
- float
- get at sth
- grab
- hint
- how about...? idiom
- how does... grab you? idiom
- how/what about...? idiom
- it wouldn't hurt you to do sth idiom
- might
- nudge
- offer
- on the table idiom
- point sb towards/in the direction of sth idiom
- postulate
- proposal
- propose
- put
- put ideas into sb's head idiom
- table
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