I can think up plenty of excuses not to go, but we really should attend.
If you think something up, for example an idea or plan, you invent it using mental effort. Julian has been thinking up new ways of raising money `Where do you get that idea about the piano?' --- `Well, I just thought it up.'
devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
think up
Türkische aussprache
thîngk ʌp
Aussprache
/ˈᴛʜəɴɢk ˈəp/ /ˈθɪŋk ˈʌp/
Etymologie
[ 'thi[ng]k ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English thenken, from Old English thencan; akin to Old High German denken to think, Latin tongEre to know; more at THANKS.