come up with something

phrasal verbphr v

a) INVENTto think of an idea, answer etc 想出，想到〔主意、答案等〕

Is that the best excuse you can come up with?

那就是你能想出的最好借口吗？

We’ve been asked to come up with some new ideas.

我们被要求想出些新的点子来。

b) PAY FOR informal to produce an amount of money 拿出，提供〔钱款〕

We wanted to buy the house but we couldn’t come up with the cash.

我们想买这幢房子，但拿不出这笔现款。

How am I supposed to come up with $10,000?

我怎么能拿得出一万美元来？

Examples from the Corpus

come up with • Each of these groups came up with a list of proposals which were sent to everyone attending.• The board must come up with a plan to put the city back on its financial feet.• Analysts think Boeing will most likely start afresh and come up with a real rival early in 2002.• After a few experiments, I came up with a reasonable facsimile of Rebecca's accidental assemblage.• It may help them come up with new drinks on Earth.• For some days he had been mulling this over, trying to come up with something more interesting than Wyvis Hall.• I pretended to read the note a moment longer, giving myself a chance to come up with something.

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