come up with

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Verb

come up with

1. (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.

2. To reach or overtake.
3. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see come, up, with

Translations

• French: inventer, imaginer
• German: ausdenken (reflex.)
• Portuguese: pensar (em), alcançar
• Russian: придумывать
• Spanish: ingeniarse

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