PHRASAL VERB FRIDAY: COOK UP
18 / 11 / 2016
PHRASAL VERB FRIDAY: COOK UP: meaning and examples
Hello and happy Friday readers! I hope that you are having a wonderful week.
With so many holidays in the autumn and winter seasons, we thought it would be a good time to look at a food-related phrasal verb for Phrasal Verb Friday: TO COOK UP.
The first definition is very simple: it's just like using the verb COOK!
Definition 1: to cook food, especially for others.
Example 1: My neighbours are cooking up something good. It smells delicious!
Definition 2: to invent something using your imagination (and often dishonestly).
Example 2: He cooked up a story about how he was robbed, but I don't think he was.
Example 3: The thieves cooked up a plan to rob the bank.
Example 4: I haven't heard from the lawyer in three days. I don't know what she's cooking up.
This verb, with both meanings, is SEPARABLE and TRANSITIVE.
That's all for today. Thanks for reading!
With so many holidays in the autumn and winter seasons, we thought it would be a good time to look at a food-related phrasal verb for Phrasal Verb Friday: TO COOK UP.
The first definition is very simple: it's just like using the verb COOK!
Definition 1: to cook food, especially for others.
Example 1: My neighbours are cooking up something good. It smells delicious!
Definition 2: to invent something using your imagination (and often dishonestly).
Example 2: He cooked up a story about how he was robbed, but I don't think he was.
Example 3: The thieves cooked up a plan to rob the bank.
Example 4: I haven't heard from the lawyer in three days. I don't know what she's cooking up.
This verb, with both meanings, is SEPARABLE and TRANSITIVE.
That's all for today. Thanks for reading!
