cook up

• Verbe à particule signifiant préparer rapidement un repas, ou, dans un contexte informel, inventer ou fabriquer une histoire, une excuse ou un plan.

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

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Prepare food quicklyinformal

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

   préparer rapidement

   • 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.

   Synonymesfixmakethrow togetherwhip up

2. Invent or fabricateinformal

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

   inventer (de toutes pièces)

   • 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.

   Synonymesconcoctdevisefabricatehatchinventmake uptrump up

   Antonymesdisclosereportreveal

Verbe de basecook