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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Maybe next year all those award-winning Hollywood minds can cook up something a little more invigorating for the rest of us. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025 Participants on horseback ride from town to town begging for ingredients to cook up a big batch of communal gumbo in Mamou. Gqlshare, Orange County Register, 19 Feb. 2025 European leaders do not have to abide by whatever deal Trump cooks up with Putin for Ukraine. Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2025 Wonder still cooks up its meals at three centralized kitchens but now ships them out to 37 locations across five states. Phoebe Liu, Forbes, 8 Feb. 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 11 Mar. 2025.

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