Boil Over Meaning

Boil Over is an idiom. The meaning of this idiom is (idiomatic, of anger, etc.) To reach the point where aggressive action is taken.. Explore more Idiom Meanings.

Boil Over

(idiomatic, of anger, etc.) To reach the point where aggressive action is taken.

Example :   I forgot about the rice and it boiled over.‎1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 13, Mr. Pratt's Patients:  He b'iled right over, and the tongue-lashing he give that boss Right Liver beat anything I ever listened to. There was heap of Scriptur' language in it, and more brimstone than you'd find in a match factory.2013, Phil McNulty, Liverpool 1-0 Man Utd, BBC Sport, 1 September 2013:  But as the half progressed, Liverpool's pressure and high-tempo passing game increased United's frustration and it threatened to boil over on the stroke of half-time when Van Persie, who had already been booked, was involved in angry verbal exchanges with several Liverpool players, particularly Gerrard.

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