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Phrase(s): conjure someone or something up
1. Lit. to make someone or something appear, seemingly by the use of magic. • The magician conjured seven white doves up. • Then an old wizard conjured up a horse. 2. Fig. to manage to locate someone or something. • I think I can conjure a pencil up for you. • Do you think you can conjure up a large coffee urn in the next half hour? 3. Fig. to manage to think up or imagine someone or something in one’s mind. • Can you conjure a vision of grandma up? • All I could do was to conjure up happy memeories.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs