roast up

English

Verb

roast up (third-person singular simple present roasts up, present participle roasting up, simple past and past participle roasted up)

1. (transitive, slang) To make fun of; ridicule severely or insultingly.

   Synonym: slag off

   She wouldn't follow instructions so they roasted her up coming off the plane.

2. (transitive) To cook by roasting.

   For Thanksgiving, I'll roast up a turkey.

3. (transitive) To roast fully or completely.
   • 2011, Joseph S. Alter, Knowing Dil Das: Stories of a Himalayan Hunter, page 119:

     Then I took another big cast iron pot and put it on the fire. Into this I put some unground cholai and roasted it up good.