boil up

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boil up (plural boil ups)

1. (cooking, New Zealand) A traditionally Maori soup/stew made with potatoes, pork and other ingredients.

boil up (third-person singular simple present boils up, present participle boiling up, simple past and past participle boiled up)

1. (transitive) To cook or prepare by boiling.

   Can you boil up the vegetables while I baste the meat?

2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To become more excited, intense or exciting.
3. (transitive, dated, US, slang) To boil clothes to clean or sanitize them.

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