to create a situation that causes difficulty, or to develop as a situation that will cause difficulty
to make a drink of tea
At the kettle, I brew up.
I sense a scandal brewing up.
Or he might be brewing up an ear infection.
They spend most weekends on it, brewing up pots of tea.
Those two can brew up a batch of mischief very quickly.
brews up
brewing up
brewed up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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