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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The grains cook up like rice, primed for enjoyment as a side or in your go-to superfood salad. —

Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 30 Dec. 2024 James and Oliver Phelps have cooked up some seriously magical nostalgia on the set of their latest TV show, Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking. —

Tabitha Parent, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024 For its big Christmas show, the National Theatre has cooked up an absolute treat, said Nick Curtis in The London Standard. —

The Week Uk, theweek, 12 Dec. 2024 When it was used as the signature tune of the 1969 Easy Rider movie, sales went crazy, and a global hit song resulted as the movie, TV and radio media assets cooked up a storm. —

Mike Hanlon, New Atlas, 17 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cook up