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What does 'dream up' mean?

Sleep recharges our brains and helps us think more clearly. But more importantly it is a time when noise from the world outside is shut off and creative energy from the deepest inner mind can break through. It's no wonder why you often wake up with great ideas after a sound sleep. Or why Elias Howe thought of the idea of a sewing machine after waking up. Or why Dmitri Mendeleev literally dreamed up the periodic table of elements. If you aren't making time for sleep, you are limiting your creativity and your life's potential.
  

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Phrasal verbs think up dream up They mean to invent something or have a new idea while thinking or dreaming. When you dream something up, it usually is not very practical. My friend dreamed up this idea for a restaurant, named Vermin Chili.

  • Phrasal verbs think up dream up They mean to invent something or have a new idea while thinking or dreaming.
  • When you dream something up, it usually is not very practical.
  • My friend dreamed up this idea for a restaurant, named Vermin Chili.
  • They would make food out of urban wildlife such as insects and rats.
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Phrasal verbs

think up
dream up

They mean to invent something or have a new idea while thinking or dreaming.

When you dream something up, it usually is not very practical.

My friend dreamed up this idea for a restaurant, named Vermin Chili. They would make food out of urban wildlife such as insects and rats.

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