Collocations for "boiling"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "boiling" in context.
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boil
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- bring the [water, soup, mixture] to a boil
- The [water] is at a boil.
- The [kettle, water] is on the boil.
- Bring to a boil for [thirty minutes].
- Leave at a boil for [thirty minutes].
- has been at a boil for [thirty minutes]
- leave [it] at a boil until
- have a boil on my [hand, foot]
- treat a boil with
- This [cream, ointment, medication] is [useful, good] for boils.
- UK, idiom: The [match, performance] has gone off the boil.
- UK, idiom: has gone off the boil since [last season, the opening night]
- boil water (for tea)
- boil the [water, soup, eggs]
- boil [it] in a [saucepan, pot, kettle]
- heat [it] until it starts to boil
- don't let the [milk, water, pan] boil over
- boil the [topic, results, issue] down to
- the [topic] boils down to
- (let it) boil down to nothing
- what it (all) boils down to is
'boiling' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):