Dream up meaning
Dream up is a phrasal verb that means to invent an idea that is highly unusual and often silly.
- Past simple
- dreamed up
- Past participle
- dreamed up
- -ing form
- dreaming up
What dream up means
B2
To invent an idea that is highly unusual and often silly
Who could dream up such a strange machine?
Similar phrasal verbs
With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.
Common questions
What does dream up mean?
To invent an idea that is highly unusual and often silly.
What is the past tense of dream up?
Dreamed up, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
