hit upon

Example Sentences

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Mr Bloom and his co-founders hit upon a plan to use vast banks of these units to power a crypto-mining operation.

From BBC

The retired psychologist — who specialized in gifted children — hit upon the idea of creating a musical about Follett’s life after a deep dive into her archives at Columbia University almost 15 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times

It was at the university that the two first hit upon the idea of studying smelly shoes.

From BBC

I somehow doubt he would have hit upon the main explanations: that international politics are more complicated than New York real-estate deals—and that he’s been misjudging who Putin really is all along.

From Slate

When Reubens first hit upon the childlike, toy-obsessed Pee-wee character at the Groundlings, Newman said, “He knew he had something he could draw on so easily, because he was a 10-year-old boy at heart.”

From Los Angeles Times