suggestions and proposals

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come up with sth

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 COBUILD 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

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?

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suggestions and proposals

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brainstorm

brainstorm [verb]

(of a group of people) to suggest a lot of ideas for a future activity very quickly before considering some of them more carefully

US

/ˈbreɪn.stɔːrm/

UK

/ˈbreɪn.stɔːm/

Example:

The team got together to brainstorm (the project).

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

brainstorm

I. brain‧storm /ˈbreɪnstɔːm $ -stɔːrm/ BrE AmE noun
1. [countable usually singular] American English a sudden clever idea SYN brainwave British English:
Kirby had a sudden brainstorm.
2. [countable] British English informal if you have a brainstorm, you are suddenly unable to think clearly or sensibly:
I must have had a brainstorm that afternoon.
II. See main entry: ↑brainstorming

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

2. (NAmE) = brainwave

▪ II. brain·storm [brainstorm brainstorms brainstormed brainstorming] [ˈbreɪnstɔːm] ; [ˈbreɪnstɔːrm] verb transitive, intransitive

• ~ (sth) Brainstorm as many ideas as possible.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

brainstorm / ˈbreɪn.stɔːm / / -stɔːrm / verb [ I or T ]

(of a group of people) to suggest a lot of ideas for a future activity very quickly before considering some of them more carefully:

The team got together to brainstorm (the project).

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

brainstorm

/breɪnstɔ:(r)m/
(brainstorms, brainstorming, brainstormed)

1.
If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly become unable to think clearly. (BRIT)
I can have a brainstorm and be very extravagant.
N-COUNT

2.
If you have a brainstorm, you suddenly have a clever idea. (AM; in BRIT, usually use brainwave)
‘Look,’ she said, getting a brainstorm, ‘Why don’t you invite them here?’
= brainwave
N-COUNT

3.
If a group of people brainstorm, they have a meeting in which they all put forward as many ideas and suggestions as they can think of.
The women meet twice a month to brainstorm and set business goals for each other...
We can brainstorm a list of the most influential individuals in the company.
VERB: V, V n
• brain‧storming
Hundreds of ideas had been tried and discarded during two years of brainstorming.
N-UNCOUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary:

brainstorm

²brainstorm verb -storms; -stormed; -storm·ing : to try to solve a problem by talking with other people : to discuss a problem and suggest solutions

[no obj]

• We need to brainstorm about this.

[+ obj]

• They had a meeting to brainstorm some ideas.
- brainstorming noun [noncount]
• We did some brainstorming and came up with some ideas.
• We had a brainstorming session.

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