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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Harry Potter: Wizards Of Baking has cooked up some solid numbers at Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Peter White, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
New Atlas That girder suspension system reminds us of the Concept KX bobber that RE’s Indian design team cooked up in 2018.
—New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
The night before the kick off of weekend two, which Dua Lipa, Chappell Roan, Chris Stapleton and more headlined, Chang cooked up a one-of-kind, multi-course dinner that transported attendees from Texas to her home country of Peru, if only for the night.
—Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Milwaukee chef and restaurateur Dan Jacobs will cook up a commencement speech for the University of Wisconsin-Madison this winter.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
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Peter White, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
New Atlas That girder suspension system reminds us of the Concept KX bobber that RE’s Indian design team cooked up in 2018.
—New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
The night before the kick off of weekend two, which Dua Lipa, Chappell Roan, Chris Stapleton and more headlined, Chang cooked up a one-of-kind, multi-course dinner that transported attendees from Texas to her home country of Peru, if only for the night.
—Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Milwaukee chef and restaurateur Dan Jacobs will cook up a commencement speech for the University of Wisconsin-Madison this winter.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Cook up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cook%20up. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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