cook back
C1 transitive
In simple words
To cook something again, or heat it back up.
Literal meaning: To cook something back to a previous state.
Meanings
1 C1 informal
To return food to a heat source to finish or reheat it.
"The chicken wasn't done, so I cooked it back for another ten minutes."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
This is not a recognized standard phrasal verb in mainstream dictionaries. It occasionally appears in culinary writing to mean reheating leftovers or returning food to the heat, but learners should treat it with caution. 'Reheat' or 'cook again' is more natural in most contexts.
Commonly used with
leftovers meat stew rice
Forms
Base
cook back
I/you/we/they
3rd person
cooks back
he/she/it
Past simple
cooked back
yesterday
Past participle
cooked back
have + pp
-ing form
cooking back
continuous
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