Definition of "come up with"

come up with

verb
third-person singular simple present comes up with, present participle coming up with, simple past came up with, past participle come up with
1. (idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
  Quotations
  And now we're waiting for the very same people to establish GBR, drive through urgently needed fares reform, and come up with imaginative and effective train operating contracts...
  2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3
2. To reach or overtake.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come,‎ up,‎ with.