to fry up
7
2.9
- phrasal verb
- /fraɪ ʌp/
:
freír
- At seven A.M., after my short sleepless night, I was already frying up the bacon when the girls wandered into the kitchen in their matching flowered babydolls.
- fry up bacon
- fry up eggs
- fry up pancakes
I'll get some healthy crackers, I'll get some salmon, some eggs, and just sort of fry that up.
- I'll get some healthy crackers, I'll get some salmon, some eggs, and just sort of fry that up.
Examples
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I'm going to take a pan and fry up the onions first.
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Yo, Rock, see if you can fry us up a little bacon.
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"Get some chicken, too," she ordered, "and fry up a couple of pieces for my dinner."
Fiction book (1991) -
"I just fry it up quick," she said.
Fiction book (1992) -
Fish is ugly, but they fry up real good.
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I'll just fry it up for us.
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Let's go fishing and fry up some real food.
Fiction book (2002) -
Well, maybe I can fry you up an egg sandwich.
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Mama's frying up enough chicken for a football team.
Fiction book (1994) -
She decided to fry up some eggs and toast for breakfast.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To prepare food by heating it, for example by boiling or frying
283
1.0
Cook food in hot oil or fat in a pan
20
3.2
Prepare a quick meal by mixing ingredients you have
8
2.8
Cook food by putting it completely in hot oil
7
2.8
To cook food quickly in a small amount of hot oil while stirring
3
2.9
To cook food in a hot pan with a little oil
3
2.6
To cook food in hot oil until it becomes crisp and golden
1
3.7
Fry food quickly in a small amount of oil or butter over high heat
1
6.8
Cook food in hot oil until it becomes brown and crispy
1
3.3
To cook food by putting it completely in hot oil
How Fried
Surface Forms
Morphology
fry + up
The meaning 'to cook something by frying it in hot oil or fat' is directly derivable from 'fry' (to cook in hot oil) combined with the particle 'up', which here simply frames the action (often indicating completion or a casual action). This verb+particle composition is a common, predictable pattern in English and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituents.
Etymology
Fry up comes from the simple image of putting food into a hot pan and frying it until it is done. Here, fry is the cooking action and up shows the food is finished, so the phrase means 'to cook something by frying in hot oil or fat'.