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Idiom

cook upcook up (something)

to invent something to produce a result you want.

Freddy cooked up a great story so that Jane wouldn't know she was on her way to a surprise party for her birthday.

Usage notes: often cook up means to invent something that is dishonest or illegal:

I'd like to find out who cooked this scheme up.

Etymology: based on the idea of cooking food to make a meal

Phr V

cook up

cooks, cooking, cooked

cook up sth or cook sth up

to make a meal quickly

While I was having a bath, Pete cooked up a large pot of vegetable soup.

informal to invent something, especially in a dishonest or very imaginative way

He cooked up a plan to set fire to his garage and then claim $15,000 from the insurance company.Her mother asked her if she'd been in the pub, so she had to cook up a story about working late in the library.

cook up

1. Literally, to prepare food by cooking it. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cook" and "up." Are you hungry? I can cook something up for you.

2. To devise something. In this usage, the phrase often has a negative connotation. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cook" and "up." What ridiculous scheme has Sam cooked up now?

3. To plan to do something with someone. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cook" and "up." Have you been able to cook anything up with the boss yet? We really need to meet about this issue soon.

cooked up

Forced, artificial, or contrived. The phrase is hyphenated when used before a noun. The dog ate your homework, huh? Now there's cooked-up excuse!

cook something up (with someone)

Fig. to arrange or plan to do something with someone. (The something is usually the word something. See also cook something up.) I tried to cook something up with Karen for Tuesday. I want to cook up something with John. Let's see if we can cook something up.

cook something up (with someone)

Fig. to arrange or plan to do something with someone. (The something is usually the word something. See also cook something up.) I tried to cook something up with Karen for Tuesday. I want to cook up something with John. Let's see if we can cook something up.

cooked up

contrived. (This is hyphenated before a nominal.) The whole thing seems so cooked up. What a cooked-up story! Of course, you don't believe it.

cook up

Fabricate, concoct, as in She's always cooking up some excuse. [Colloquial; mid-1700s]

cook up

1. To prepare some food: We cooked up a pizza for dinner. I cooked hamburgers up on the grill.

2. Slang To fabricate or concoct something; make up something: Don't cook up an excuse just because you're late. The suspect cooked up an alibi at the last minute.

cooked up

mod. contrived. (This is hyphenated before a nominal.) The whole thing seems so cooked up.

词组	cook up
释义	Idiom cook upcook up (something) to invent something to produce a result you want. Freddy cooked up a great story so that Jane wouldn't know she was on her way to a surprise party for her birthday. Usage notes: often cook up means to invent something that is dishonest or illegal: I'd like to find out who cooked this scheme up. Etymology: based on the idea of cooking food to make a meal Phr V cook up cooks, cooking, cooked cook up sth or cook sth up to make a meal quickly While I was having a bath, Pete cooked up a large pot of vegetable soup. informal to invent something, especially in a dishonest or very imaginative way He cooked up a plan to set fire to his garage and then claim $15,000 from the insurance company.Her mother asked her if she'd been in the pub, so she had to cook up a story about working late in the library. cook up verb 1 to concoct something; to fabricate something; to falsify something. Often in the form 'cook up a story' UK, 1817. 2 to manufacture amphetamine US, 1985. 3 to process cocaine hydrocho-ride into crack cocaine UK, 2002 phrasecook up1. cook up sth • *cook sth* up** to make a meal quickly: Neneh was in the kitchen cooking up a dinner of rice, chicken and black-eye peas.■ SIMILAR TO: rustle up2. cook up sth • *cook sth* up** to think of a lie or an excuse, especially to stop someone from blaming you for something: Rachel cooked up some excuse about her car breaking down, but I guessed that she'd been seeing Rupert.■ SIMILAR TO: make up, concoct formal, invent cook up 1. Literally, to prepare food by cooking it. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cook" and "up." Are you hungry? I can cook something up for you. 2. To devise something. In this usage, the phrase often has a negative connotation. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cook" and "up." What ridiculous scheme has Sam cooked up now? 3. To plan to do something with someone. A noun or pronoun can be used between "cook" and "up." Have you been able to cook anything up with the boss yet? We really need to meet about this issue soon. cooked up Forced, artificial, or contrived. The phrase is hyphenated when used before a noun. The dog ate your homework, huh? Now there's cooked-up excuse! cook something up (with someone) Fig. to arrange or plan to do something with someone. (The something is usually the word something. See also cook something up.) I tried to cook something up with Karen for Tuesday. I want to cook up something with John. Let's see if we can cook something up. cook something up (with someone) Fig. to arrange or plan to do something with someone. (The something is usually the word something. See also cook something up.) I tried to cook something up with Karen for Tuesday. I want to cook up something with John. Let's see if we can cook something up. cooked up contrived. (This is hyphenated before a nominal.) The whole thing seems so cooked up. What a cooked-up story! Of course, you don't believe it. cook up Fabricate, concoct, as in She's always cooking up some excuse. [Colloquial; mid-1700s] cook up v. 1. To prepare some food: We cooked up a pizza for dinner. I cooked hamburgers up on the grill. 2. Slang To fabricate or concoct something; make up something: Don't cook up an excuse just because you're late. The suspect cooked up an alibi at the last minute. cooked up mod. contrived. (This is hyphenated before a nominal.) The whole thing seems so cooked up.
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