cook up

• Phrasal verb, das das schnelle Zubereiten von Essen bezeichnet oder, im informellen Kontext, das Ausdenken oder Erfinden einer Geschichte, einer Ausrede oder eines Plans.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of preparing food quickly or, informally, inventing or fabricating a story, excuse, or plan.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Prepare food quicklyinformal

   To prepare a meal, often quickly or with limited ingredients.

   Schnell zubereiten

   • I can cook up some pasta in ten minutes.
   • She cooked up a delicious stew from leftovers.
   • He cooked up a simple breakfast before leaving.

   Synonymefixmakethrow togetherwhip up

2. Invent or fabricateinformal

   To create or invent something, often a story or excuse, sometimes dishonestly.

   Erfinden

   • He cooked up an elaborate excuse for being late.
   • They cooked up a plan to surprise their friend.
   • She cooked up a story about meeting a celebrity.

   Synonymeconcoctdevisefabricatehatchinventmake uptrump up

   Antonymedisclosereportreveal

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