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The correct spelling is cook up.
How to pronounce cook up
verb
Say it like: Coo-k u-p
The correct spelling is cook up. (of food or chemical substances) To prepare by cooking or heating. For example: "Let me cook up some eggs and bacon before you go."
Usage Examples
“Let me cook up some eggs and bacon before you go.”
“He really cooked up a good one this time, something about an airline disaster.”
Definition
verb
- 1.(of food or chemical substances) To prepare by cooking or heating.
- 2.To manufacture; to invent (something, often a deceit or falsehood).
- 3.To prepare a heroin dose by heating.
- 4.To manufacture a significant amount of illegal drugs (LSD, meth, etc.)
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