Long
Think up
Think up verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.
Both terms in one sentence
- In Ninja Burger, one card allows you to use your highest skill in any skill check, so long as you can think up a plausible explanation for why you'd be able to use that skill to solve the problem.
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She can't formulate the long term strategies her more experienced competitors are known to do, and as a result they are completely thrown off by her playstyle because they can't think up of an effective counter to it.
Source: Strategy Schmategy -
When a character spends a long time trying to think up a proper explanation/excuse/lie to tell his parents, he expects them either to be floored or to completely misunderstand.
Source: Open-Minded Parent
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