come up with

English

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Verb

come up with (third-person singular simple present comes up with, present participle coming up with, simple past came up with, past participle come up with)

(idiomatic) To invent, create, or think of.
I don't know the answer, but I might be able to come up with a good guess.

How can you come up with such brilliant ideas?

Shelly stalled while she tried to come up with a good response.
To reach or overtake.
Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see come,‎ up,‎ with.

Translations

to invent, create

Chinese:
Mandarin: 想出 (zh) (xiǎngchū), 提出 (zh) (tíchū)
Dutch: bedenken (nl), verzinnen (nl)
Finnish: keksiä (fi)
French: inventer (fr), imaginer (fr)

German: ausdenken (de) (reflex.)
Malagasy: mamorona (mg)
Portuguese: pensar (em), alcançar (pt)
Russian: придумывать (ru) (pridumyvatʹ), приходить в голову (ru) (prixoditʹ v golovu)
Spanish: ingeniarse (es)

References

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