Cook up
Cook up verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.
Usage example: cooked up a scheme to get out of doing the dishes
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Extemporize and cook up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Extemporize" instead a verb "Cook up".
Extemporize
Extemporize verb - To perform, make, or do without preparation.
Usage example: a good talk show host has to be able to extemporize the interviews when things don't go as planned
Cook up and extemporize are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cook up" instead a verb "Extemporize".
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Extemporize and Cook up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cook_up/extemporize
Cook up & Extemporize. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cook_up/extemporize>.
Extemporize or Cook up. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cook_up/extemporize.
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