# now you're cooking

> English word · Phrase

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

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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