boil over Definition In English

• 0 If a difficult situation or negative emotion boils over, it cannot be controlled any more and people start to argue or fight.

• 1 If a liquid that is being heated boils over, it rises up and flows over the edge of the pan:

  • That saucepan is boiling over.

  • Take the milk off the heat before it boils over.

• 2 (of a liquid) to rise up in a cooking container and flow over the edge

  • Union members’ frustrations boiled over in demonstrations this weekend.