be cooking
idiom
informal
: to be performing or doing something well
The economy is really cooking.
That's it! Now you're cooking!
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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?
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 Jan. 2026
Your kitchen is going to be cooking for you.
—Tara Lynch, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2025
In 16th-century England, the term referred to any meal that happened to be cooking in the pot on that day.
—Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 29 Nov. 2025
Of course, any man with a connection to a housewife might know all that stuff too, and Tamra is seen wondering what kind of revenge Slade might be cooking up for her … .
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 Jan. 2026
Your kitchen is going to be cooking for you.
—Tara Lynch, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2025
In 16th-century England, the term referred to any meal that happened to be cooking in the pot on that day.
—Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 29 Nov. 2025
Of course, any man with a connection to a housewife might know all that stuff too, and Tamra is seen wondering what kind of revenge Slade might be cooking up for her … .
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for be cooking
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“Be cooking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20cooking. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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