Usually means: Cook food by boiling water.
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  1. boil up: Merriam-Webster
  2. boil up: Collins English Dictionary
  3. boil up: Wiktionary
  4. boil up: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. boil up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. boil up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. boil up: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (boil up)

noun:  (cooking, New Zealand) A traditionally Maori soup/stew made with potatoes, pork and other ingredients.
verb:  (transitive) To cook or prepare by boiling.
verb:  (intransitive, idiomatic) To become more excited, intense or exciting.
verb:  (transitive, dated, US, slang) To boil clothes to clean or sanitize them.

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