fry up

fry up

To use direct heat to cook some food, often in fat or oil. A noun or pronoun can be used between "fry" and "up." Oh, I'm just frying up some bacon for breakfast.
See also: fry, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fry something up

to cook something by frying. Let's fry some chicken up for dinner. We fried up some chicken.
See also: fry, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

fry up

v.
To prepare or make something by frying: I'll fry up some pancakes for breakfast. They fried some bacon up for the sandwiches.
See also: fry, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • arrange for
  • arrange for some time
  • arrange some music for
  • angle
  • angling
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • involve with
  • involve with (someone or something)
  • involved with
  • ask back
References in periodicals archive
The meal has eight more items than Morrisons' standard breakfast and is said to be "double the size" of most other supermarket fry ups.
Here's what Morrisons Big Daddy [pounds sterling]6 fry-up contains; The supermarket is selling an enormous 19-piece fry up, for the pocket-friendly price of [pounds sterling]6
"Swap fry ups for grill ups, swap sitting while chatting on the phone for walking around the house on the phone, swap fizzy drinks for sparkling water with lemon and swap milkshakes for smoothies."
Swapping your way to a healthier lifestyle
For as long as I can remember, Sunday mornings were for fry ups. The family would all get up and be together, and mum would go into the kitchen a whip up, as we would joke, "a heart attack on a plate".
Letter: Your view - Cooking up a storm
SALLY went from flab to fab by ditching her breakfast fry ups.
How Sally went from flab to fab
Out went the whopping great fry ups for breakfast and chocolate snacks and club sandwiches for mid-morning snacks.
Dieting isn't just for the birds..and it saved my life
By flashing her spots, teenage girls every-where will try to get her look by binging on chocolate and fry ups, and will therefore be at risk of developing lardy, wobbly thighs.
CELEBARAMA: CAN I BORROW YOUR AIRBRUSH?
The firm is selling 400,000 fry ups a week after deciding in April to open its 775 pubs early.
Profits hiked by early rise; yourmoney
We had 20 people staying and it's been chaos making tea and fry ups."
the Razz: Mylo's isle hunt for pals
He eats fry ups and chips washed down with lager and it's good for him.
Chips and drink keep me alive