conjure sth up
— phrasal verb with conjure uk/ˈkʌn.dʒər/us/ˈkʌn.dʒɚ/verb [ I or T ]
(THINK OF)
to make a picture or idea appear in someone's mind:
The glittering ceremony conjured up images of Russia's imperial past.
For some people, the word "England" may still conjure up images of pretty gardens and tea parties.
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Remembering, reminding and reminders
- a blast from the past idiom
- aide-mémoire
- be engraved on sb's memory/mind idiom
- be etched on/in sb's memory idiom
- be your epitaph idiom
- clock
- echo
- indelible
- jog sb's memory idiom
- keepsake
- let's see idiom
- look back
- pat
- recall
- ring a bell idiom
- souvenir
- stamped on sb's memory idiom
- stick in sb's mind/head/memory idiom
- store
- take sb back
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(CREATE)
to make something good, especially food, quickly and in a skilful way :
How am I expected to conjure up a meal for six of his friends with almost nothing in the fridge?
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Creating and producing
- bear fruit idiom
- bring
- bring sth out
- churn sth out
- cobble
- craft
- on the go idiom
- overproduce
- patch
- patch sth together
- phase
- phase sth in
- pump
- raise
- rush
- turn sth out
- uncreative
- unleash
- unproductive
- wrought
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