cook up

phrasal verb

cooked up; cooking up; cooks up

: to prepare (food) for eating especially quickly

I can cook up some hamburgers.

He cooked this whole meal up in less than 30 minutes.

: 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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There were a massive 12 breaks of serve, six from each player, and Raducanu cooked up 15 double faults to throw further chaos into the mix. —

Tim Ellis, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025 Some baseball players’ wives cooked up a business plan to profit from it — and ensure these families have an easier time. —

Chris Branch, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025 Drawing tables cater to young artists, and a play kitchen will cook up a fantasy dish for every active toddler. —

Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2025 There’s no reason, then, to suppose that bots cooked up by ordinary users in the AI Studio are going to be more sophisticated — if anything, the potential for offense seems much higher. —

Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for cook up