cook up
phrasal verb
cooked up; cooking up; cooks up
1
: to prepare (food) for eating especially quickly
I can cook up some hamburgers.
He cooked this whole meal up in less than 30 minutes.
2
: to invent (something, such as an idea, excuse, etc.) to deal with a particular situation
They cooked up a scheme to fool their neighbor.
You'll have to cook an excuse up quickly.
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Audrey Bruno, SELF, 13 May 2025
Watson used it to cook up a substance that would make only someone with Moriarty’s DNA really sick; Ingrid arrived at the meeting hours ahead of time to coat every surface with it, practically ensuring that Moriarty would fall ill afterward.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 May 2025
Torbjørn Eide, a production manager at a fish farm in Norway, cooked up a deal too tempting to turn down.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
In this heartwarming kitchen adventure, Nina joins her grandmother to cook up a tasty morning meal for the whole family.
—Fiona Tapp, Parents, 8 May 2025
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Audrey Bruno, SELF, 13 May 2025
Watson used it to cook up a substance that would make only someone with Moriarty’s DNA really sick; Ingrid arrived at the meeting hours ahead of time to coat every surface with it, practically ensuring that Moriarty would fall ill afterward.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 May 2025
Torbjørn Eide, a production manager at a fish farm in Norway, cooked up a deal too tempting to turn down.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
In this heartwarming kitchen adventure, Nina joins her grandmother to cook up a tasty morning meal for the whole family.
—Fiona Tapp, Parents, 8 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for cook up
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“Cook up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cook%20up. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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