hit on
• discover or think of something, especially by chance.
• "she hit on a novel idea for fundraising"
Similar:
discover,
come up with,
think of,
conceive of,
dream up,
work out,
invent,
create,
originate,
develop,
devise,
design,
pioneer,
uncover,
contrive,
realize,
stumble on,
chance on,
light on,
come upon,
blunder on,
arrive at,
put one's finger on,
• make sexual advances towards someone.
• "he was really hitting on me, with steamy looks and innuendos"
