come up with

English

Verb

come up with

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see come,‎ up,‎ with.
Next time, make sure you come up with everything you need.
(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.

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)
German: ausdenken (de) (reflex.)
Portuguese: pensar (em), alcançar (pt)
Spanish: ingeniarse (es)

References

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