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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Staub Round Dutch Oven (4 Qt.) $500 $130 Sur La Table Staub makes the kind of heritage Dutch ovens that your grandkids will still be cooking stews inyears down the line. —

Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024 But Kuhl hinted that something similar might be cooking in the McDonald's test kitchens. —

Kate Hogan, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024 Palestinian/Filipino Chef Hisham Abdelfattah of Food Network fame will be cooking up $2 tacos all day at El Halal Amigos in San Jose on Sunday, May 5 starting at 11:30 a.m. —

Laura Ness, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024 Of course, there will always be cooking enthusiasts who want to spend a lot of money on a cut of meat and are confident in their abilities to bring the best out of it. —

Olivia Potts, Longreads, 15 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for be cooking