be cooking

phrase

informal

: to be performing or doing something well

The economy is really cooking.

That's it! Now you're cooking!

Examples of be cooking in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Squads of five chefs each will be cooking up a variety of appetizers and desserts; some chefs are overachieving and producing multiples. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Fire officials said the fire appeared to be cooking-related, and investigators are still determining what caused it. — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

This is not really the show to be on your phone, to be cooking dinner. — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

With so many planetary laboratories on which so much planetary chemistry could be playing out, who’s to say at least some of them wouldn’t be cooking up life? — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for be cooking

• booking
• brooking
• hooking
• looking
• overlooking