cook up

British  

verb

1. informal to concoct or invent (a story, alibi, etc)

2. to prepare (a meal), esp quickly

3. slang to prepare (a drug) for use by heating, as by dissolving heroin in a spoon

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noun

1. (in the Caribbean) a dish consisting of mixed meats, rice, shrimps, and sometimes vegetables

cook up Idioms  

1. Fabricate, concoct, as in She's always cooking up some excuse. [Colloquial; mid-1700s]

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Example Sentences

A contrarian take from Quartz, which says Steve Jobs’ worst decision was promoting Tim Cook up the Apple corporate ladder.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2016

You do not make decisions on statistics alone but all the pre-match evidence backed Cook up.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2013

"Cook up the books!" gasps Old Hickory, gettin' raspb'ry tinted in the face and displayin' neck veins like a truck horse.

From Torchy by Brehm, George

Cook up plenty of stuff and we can play tricks–they won’t need much entertaining.

From Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Ritchie, Lily Munsell

Cook up until like cream, and mix into above cake.

From Recipes Tried and True by Presbyterian Ladies' Aid