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think up VB trans inf

to think up ⇆ sth

sich dat etw ausdenken [o. einfallen lassen]

to think up an idea

auf eine Idee kommen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to think up an idea

auf eine Idee kommen

I think she was quite shaken up by the accident

ich glaube, der Unfall hat sie ziemlich mitgenommen

to be up for sth I think I'm up for a walk

ich glaube, ich habe Lust, spazieren zu gehen [o. auf einen Spaziergang]

I don't think that prices will go up but, by the same token, I don't see them going down much lower either

ich glaube nicht, dass die Preise steigen werden, aber ebenso wenig glaube ich, dass sie stark sinken werden

do you think we'll be able to hike up the piano over that step?

glaubst du wir schaffen es, das Klavier über diese Schwelle zu hieven?

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Then they started to think up signs that were more and more remote from the things they signified. en.wikipedia.org

It leads to one of those endings where you sit there wishing they'd tried a little harder to think up something better. en.wikipedia.org

If he or she can not think up an answer to a question, he or she may pass. en.wikipedia.org

For 24 hours the team worked solidly to think up, design and build a product in 24 hours. en.wikipedia.org

We'll also think up something special for this show as a way to show them our appreciation for waiting for us to come back. en.wikipedia.org

We sit about and think up a subject, then write a song on the spot. en.wikipedia.org

They write the words we remember, they create the characters we love, they think up the lines that stay with us forever. en.wikipedia.org

Ted appears dead to rights and abruptly leaves to think up an explanation. en.wikipedia.org

He says it took him two days to work out the idea and think up a story. en.wikipedia.org

Nevertheless, they are useful because they are quick to think up and often give good approximations to the optimum. en.wikipedia.org

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