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

cook up

phrasal verb
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cook something up
  1. (informal) to invent something, especially in order to trick somebody synonym concoct
    • to cook up a story
  2. to prepare a meal or a particular dish
    • The friends cooked up a delicious Indian meal.
See cook up in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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