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verb

(intr, adverb) Australian and NZ to make tea

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Words nearby boil up

boiling, boiling point, boiling-water reactor, boil-off, boilover, boil up, boink, Boisbriand, bois brûlé, bois d'arc, Bois de Boulogne

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How to use boil up in a sentence

Communal kitchens boil up water for noodles and everyone pitches in.
Typhoon Haiyan: The Philippine Village that Lost Its Men|The Telegraph|November 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Then boil up twice into resolutions and votes of thanks, and let the whole toast for at least three hours.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 16, 1917.|Various
Put in some stoned and scalded olives, which boil up for ten minutes and dish up with the duck.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode|Harriet A. de Salis
This formation of gas in the molten puddle causes the whole charge to boil up like an ice-cream soda.
The Iron Puddler|James J. Davis

They boil up like water in a kettle, and are hot enough to cook eggs.
Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51|E. S. (Eleazer Stillman) Ingalls
Let it boil up again and skim; then add the sugar and stir until dissolved.
Canned Fruit, Preserves, and Jellies: Household Methods of Preparation|Maria Parloa