cook out
cook out
1. verb To cook food outside, as on a grill. We should cook out on such a beautiful night.
2. verb To remove something from something else by applying heat. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cook" and "out." Take that pan off the stove before you cook all the juices out of the meat.
3. noun A barbecue. When used as a noun, the phrase is typically written as one word. Are you going to the Smiths' Memorial Day cookout?
See also: cook, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
cook (something) out
to cook food out of doors. Shall we cook out some chicken tonight? Yes, let's cook out.
See also: cook, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
cook out
v.
1. To extract or remove something from something, such as food, by heating: The chef cooked the flavor out of the vegetables. We cooked out the juices from the meat on the grill.
2. To cook and eat food outdoors: Let's cook out for the Fourth of July.
See also: cook, out
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- cook up
- cooked up
- cook your goose
- cook (one's) goose
- cook goose
- cook somebody's goose
- cook someone's goose
- (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
- cook to perfection
- cook (something) to perfection