boil over

boil over
boil over
[for a liquid] to overflow while being boiled. (See also boil over (with something).) •

The sauce boiled over and dripped onto the stove.

Don't let the stew boil over!

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{v. phr.} 1. To rise due to boiling and overflow down the sides of a pan or a pot. * /"Watch out!" Jane cried. "The milk is boiling over on the stove!"/ 2. To become enraged to the point of being unable to contain oneself. * /John took a lot of abuse from his boss, but after 25 minutes he suddenly boiled over and told him what he thought of him./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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