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Phrase(s): 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., Phrase(s): cook something up
1. Lit. to prepare a batch of some kind of food by cooking. • Fred cooked a batch of beans up for the ranch hands. • He cooked up some food for dinner. 2. Fig. to devise or concoct something. • Fred cooked up a scheme that was supposed to earn him a lot of money. • I don’t have a plan right now, but I think I can cook one up.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs