Definition of cook up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary


cook up

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Phrasal Verbs
  1. 1(informal) to invent something, especially in order to trick somebody synonym concoct to cook up a story
  2. 2to prepare a meal or a particular dish The friends cooked up a delicious Indian meal of onion bhajis, prawn pilau, and a pistachio kulfi.
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