come up with

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come up with

verb comes up with · coming up with · came up with · come up with

idiomatic, transitive To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it. How can you come up with such brilliant ideas?
idiomatic, transitive To reach or overtake.
Similar: catch up with
idiomatic, transitive Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, up, with. He came up with a bag of rice, having it carried it up from downstairs.

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verb to invent, create

Español	ingeniar, ingeniarse, inventar, inventarse, idear, discurrir
中文	想出 xiǎngchū, 提出 tíchū
Português	pensar (em), alcançar
Français	inventer, imaginer
Deutsch	ausdenken
Italiano	ideare, escogitare, inventare
Русский	придумывать pridumyvatʹ, приходить в голову prixoditʹ v golovu
العربية	جَاءَ بِـ jāʔa bi-, أَتَى بِـ ʔatā bi-

verb to obtain

Español	conseguir

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@misc{come_up_with_2026,
  title = {come up with},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/come%20up%20with},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}