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Hasibrahman Posted 6 years ago
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Cook up....

What does "cook up a new income" mean here?



? Hubby lost his job, so wife cooked up a new income.

  

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Hasibrahman "cook up a new income" devise a new way of earning money cook up (in this context) ~ devise; formulate; develop; create It's also a possible play on words if her new way of earning money was to sell things that she herself cooked. CJ

  • Hasibrahman "cook up a new income" devise a new way of earning money cook up (in this context) ~ devise; formulate; develop; create It's also a possible play on words if her new way of earning money was to sell things that she herself cooked.
  • CJ
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Hasibrahman"cook up a new income"

devise a new way of earning money

cook up (in this context) ~ devise; formulate; develop; create

It's also a possible play on words if her new way of earning money was to sell things that she herself cooked.

CJ

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