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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Gunther, who was formerly on Team USA and won the NCAA championship in 2023, cooked up the back story for John Backflip after a training session at his Bay Area gym back in May 2023.
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Iain Martin, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
The new company, Spines, will charge authors between $1,200 and $5,000 to have their books edited, proofread, formatted, designed and circulated with the help of artificial intelligence, but it's already cooked up a storm in the book world.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 29 Nov. 2024
The super-producer spoke highly of his wife after dropping a clip of the multifaceted musician cooking up a beat for Meek Mill.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 22 Nov. 2024
This type of mindset has been a recipe for disaster, and that is exactly what the American political system cooked up in 2016.
—Charles Kay, Baltimore Sun, 12 Nov. 2024
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Iain Martin, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
The new company, Spines, will charge authors between $1,200 and $5,000 to have their books edited, proofread, formatted, designed and circulated with the help of artificial intelligence, but it's already cooked up a storm in the book world.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 29 Nov. 2024
The super-producer spoke highly of his wife after dropping a clip of the multifaceted musician cooking up a beat for Meek Mill.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 22 Nov. 2024
This type of mindset has been a recipe for disaster, and that is exactly what the American political system cooked up in 2016.
—Charles Kay, Baltimore Sun, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Cook up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cook%20up. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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