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come up with meaning and examples

2025-09-12

Meaning

  • Come up with means to think of or produce an idea, plan, solution, or answer.
  • It is often used when someone creates or suggests something new.

Grammar and Usage

  • Part of speech: Phrasal verb (transitive).
  • Structure: come up with + noun/idea/plan/solution.
  • Used when someone invents, produces, or suggests something.

Examples of structures:

  • "come up with a plan"
  • "come up with an idea"
  • "come up with a solution"

Common Phrases

  • Come up with a plan
  • Come up with an excuse
  • Come up with a solution
  • Come up with an idea
  • Come up with a way

Collocations

  • Verb + object: come up with a strategy, come up with money
  • Noun + phrase: a person comes up with a proposal, a team comes up with a design

Examples

  1. She came up with a brilliant idea for the project.
  2. We need to come up with a better solution.
  3. He came up with an excuse for being late.
  4. The company came up with a new marketing strategy.
  5. Can you come up with a name for the product?
  6. They came up with a way to reduce costs.
  7. The student came up with an interesting question.
  8. He always comes up with creative answers.
  • Think of
  • Invent
  • Devise
  • Propose
  • Suggest

Antonym

  • Fail to find
  • Miss
  • Overlook