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come up with sth [phrasal verb]

to suggest or think of an idea or plan

US

/kʌm/

UK

/kʌm/

Example:

She's come up with some amazing scheme to double her income.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

come up with something phrasal verb

1 to think of an idea, answer etc

Is that the best excuse you can come up with?

We’ve been asked to come up with some new ideas.

2 informal to produce an amount of money

We wanted to buy the house but we couldn’t come up with the cash.

How am I supposed to come up with $10,000?

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

come up with sth — phrasal verb with come / 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.

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

come up with

1) PHRASAL VERB If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
  [V P P n] Several of the members have come up with suggestions of their own...
  [V P P n] 30 years ago, scientists came up with the theory that protons and neutrons are composed of three smaller particles.
2) PHRASAL VERB If you come up with a sum of money, you manage to produce it when it is needed.
  [V P P n] If Warren can come up with the $15 million, we'll go to London.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

come up with something

[no passive] to find or produce an answer, a sum of money, etc.

She came up with a new idea for increasing sales.

How soon can you come up with the money?

American English

British English

suggestions and proposals

B2 (Upper-intermediate)

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