gin up

Definition

To generate, devise, or create.

Etymology

From gin (short for engine or generate) + up.

Example Sentences

• "Near-synonym: spin up"
• "So as the six-year conceptual design phase ends next month, and the design teams face extinction, the partners […] have begun frantic efforts to keep ITER alive, ginning up concepts for an "ITER light" that promise to cut costs in half while providing most of the features of the full-fat version."
• "There will be pundits and politicians and special interest lobbyists publicly warning of a tyrannical all-out assault on liberty, not because that’s true but because they want to gin up fear or higher ratings or revenue for themselves."