1. come up with - Verb
2. come up with - Phrase
(idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
I don't know the answer, but I might be able to come up with a good guess.
How can you come up with such brilliant ideas?
Shelly stalled while she tried to come up with a good response.
The marketing department were tasked to come up with a catchy name for the new cereal bar.
To reach or overtake.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, up, with.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgWhen you reach for the stars you may not quite get one,but you won't come up with a handful of mud either. Leo Burnett
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. Muhammad Ali
If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original. Ken Robinson
I LOVE living, I have some problems with my LIFE, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far. Neil Simon
Throw a lucky man into the sea, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth. Arabic Proverb
Throw him into the river and he will come up with a fish in his mouth. Arabic Proverb