cook up

verb

1. prepare or cook by mixing ingredients; “concoct a strange mixture”

   Synonyms

   • concoct

   Less specific

   • cook, fix, ready, make, prepare

2. make up something artificial or untrue

   Synonyms

   • fabricate, manufacture, make up, invent

   Less specific

   • think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct

   More specific

   • mythologize, mythologise, confabulate, trump up, concoct, spin, vamp, vamp up