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

Signaling what will be a frenetic week, Draymond Green opted out of his contract, ESPN reported Monday morning, sending alarm bells across the league that the Warriors could be cooking up cap magic to potentially lure James to the Bay Area. — Los Angeles Times, 30 June 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

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

Rhymes for be cooking

• booking
• brooking
• hooking
• looking
• overlooking