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Cook up
verb
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Definitions
1.
verb
(of food or chemical substances) To prepare by cooking or heating.
"Let me cook up some eggs and bacon before you go."
2.
verb
To manufacture; to invent (something, often a deceit or falsehood).
"He really cooked up a good one this time, something about an airline disaster."
3.
verb
To prepare a heroin dose by heating.
4.
verb
To manufacture a significant amount of illegal drugs (LSD, meth, etc.)
Synonyms
concoct
make up
fabricate
manufacture
invent
cook
boil up
bake up
make
prepare
fry up
put on
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