English Explanatory Dictionary

now you're cooking

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Used to praise someone for adopting a more effective or suitable method or approach, or to signal that progress is being made.

Pronunciation

En-au-now you're cooking.ogg

Word forms

now you're cooking

Etymology

Derives from a version of the advertising slogan Now you're cooking with gas!, that entered the popular lexicon in the 1930s. See also cooking with gas.

Related words

cooking with gas now you're talking
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