Cook
Cook verb - To change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of.
Needle
Needle verb - To attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults.
Common collocations
| people | cook people | needle people |
Both words in one sentence
- Diabolik can cook and sew (in fact he first made his trademark suit himself, using nothing more than cloth and thread he selected himself and a needle).
Source: Real Men Wear Pink / Comic Books
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