Phrasal Verb: Boil over

Phrasal Verb: Boil over


Meaning: When a hot liquid spills out of a container

Example: I left the milk on the cooker and it BOILED OVER.

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Phrasal Verb: Boil over


Meaning: When people lose their tempers and things get nasty

Example: The tension had been building up and it BOILED OVER in the meeting.

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Other Phrasal Verbs

We have 4 phrasal verbs with 'BOIL'

- Boil down
- Boil down to
- Boil over
- Boil up

 

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