cook up
informal to concoct or invent (a story, alibi, etc)
to prepare (a meal), esp quickly
slang to prepare (a drug) for use by heating, as by dissolving heroin in a spoon
(in the Caribbean) a dish consisting of mixed meats, rice, shrimps, and sometimes vegetables
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How to use cook up in a sentence
Therefore, he started hiring vendors like a “papusa lady” and a pizza guy to come and cook up made-to-order snacks.
L.A.’s Cool-Kid Backyard Concert Series—Kensington Presents | Sara Lieberman | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhere did you cook up the idea for a live showing of Real Time in Washington D.C., followed by a live televised standup special?
Bill Maher: 'Sorry J. Law, We're Going to Have to Look at Your Nipples…' | Marlow Stern | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWell, for starters, cook up a little fulminated mercury to blow the windows off the office where Tuco does business.
The 17 Most Iconic Scenes in ‘Breaking Bad’ (VIDEO) | Tricia Romano | September 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe meals you cook up, despite their size, seem professionally made.
Obama's team is likely to cook up some similar experiments in Charlotte.
Why a Charlotte Convention Won't Help the Democrats | Ben Adler | February 3, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
A little smoke couldn't be noticed now, so we would take some fish off of the lines and cook up a hot breakfast.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)We intended to travel on all that night and lay by the next day in the forest and cook up our pigs.
I can cook up a story about you and the young lady escaping one dark night, when we reach port.
The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Lost Liner | Wilbur LawtonI can cook up some grub for supper and then you can turn in.
Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol | Henry Harley ArnoldHe thought me cad enough to cook up some plot, and contrive to marry the girl behind his back—for her millions.
Vision House | C. N. Williamson
Other Idioms and Phrases with cook up
Fabricate, concoct, as in She's always cooking up some excuse. [Colloquial; mid-1700s]
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