“come up with”の意味は

BBCのコメディー、『The Thick Of It』を観ながらETC英会話のチャールズ先生のレッスンを受けています。

自分の早とちりに気が付いた大臣ですが、テレビ記者会見を中止することはできません。付け焼刃でも何か、記者会見を上手くやり過ごすための新しい法案をすぐに考え出さなければ、なければなりません。会場に向かう車のなかで、大臣と部下のやり取りが続きます。

Glenn Cullen: What we need is something that the public want, is incredibly popular and is free.
Olly Reeder: Return of capital punishment.
Hugh Abbot: That’s a joke, right? You are joking, yes? Obviously. Come on, Olly, come up with something.

Here it means make an original thought or give an original idea, “please say something original that will appeal to the voting public. Please make, come up with new idea that will appeal to the voting public.

Don’t you think it is time that they came up with an original idea.
We can always come up with a new plan. That doesn’t mean it will work.

■出演
・ETC英会話のチャールズ先生

■聞き手
・青樹洋文

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