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cook someone's goose

goose
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [goos]
    • /gus/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [goos]
    • /gus/

Definitions of cook someone's goose words

  • phrase cook someone's goose If you cook someone's goose, you prevent their plans from succeeding. 3
  • noun cook someone's goose to spoil someone's plans 3
  • noun cook someone's goose to bring about someone's ruin, downfall, etc 3
  • noun cook someone's goose to spoil someone's chances, hopes, etc. 3
  • noun plural cook someone's goose any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks. 1
  • noun plural cook someone's goose the female of this bird, as distinguished from the male, or gander. 1
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Origin of cook someone's goose

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English gose, goos, Old English gōs (plural gēs); cognate with German Gans, Old Norse gās; compare Sanskrit haṅsa, Greek chḗn, Latin ānser

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Parts of speech for Cook someone's goose

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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cook someone's goose popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for cook someone's goose

verb cook someone's goose

  • get — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • punish — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
  • hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
  • get even — level; flat; without surface irregularities; smooth: an even road.
  • pay back — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
All 5 Synonyms of cook someone's goose

Antonyms for cook someone's goose

verb cook someone's goose

  • destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • disarrange — to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
  • disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
  • unsettle — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
  • ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
All 17 Antonyms of cook someone's goose

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