cooked up
Hatched a scheme
Cooked up describes something fabricated or invented, usually with connotations of deception or hasty improvisation.
If someone has cooked up a scheme, excuse, or story, they've devised it—often on the spot and without much regard for truth.
He cooked up some excuse about traffic to explain being late.
The phrase suggests the same quick, thrown-together quality as a hastily prepared meal.
- concoctedCreated by combining elements
- constructedBuilt or assembled
- put togetherCombine into one
- schemedCrafted underhanded plans
- fabricatedInvented, not real
made from scratch · invented · made up · hatched · trumped up · contrived · falsified · cover story · devised · misrepresented · imagined · forged · half-baked idea · manipulated · buttered up · exaggerated · grilled · formulated
cooked upraw
In original state
uncooked · unprepared · fresh · natural · undercooked
cooked upfactual
Grounded in truth
true · genuine · authentic · verified · documented
cooked upspontaneous
Arising without external cause
organic · unplanned · natural · genuine · uncontrived