phrasal verb

Boil over

Rank #143Letter BInseparable

2Sections

When a hot liquid spills out of a container

Meanings

  • When a hot liquid spills out of a container (intransitive, International English)
  • When people lose their tempers and things get nasty (intransitive, International English)

Examples

  • Don't BOIL OVER your emotions.
  • She's BOILEN OVER her anger for years.
  • He BOILS OVER everything inside.

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