boil up
verb
boiled up; boiling up; boils up
: to grow toward a dangerous level
He could feel the anger boiling up inside him.
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There are enough queens that the show still feels full, but the tensions have also started boiling up and queens have developed new relationships playing out in real time.
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
As if Minos inspired such hatred, such fear and disgust, that the feelings themselves boiled up from Daedalus’s heart and gushed out through the tap to cook the wicked king alive.
—Seamus Sullivan
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
As if Minos inspired such hatred, such fear and disgust, that the feelings themselves boiled up from Daedalus’s heart and gushed out through the tap to cook the wicked king alive.
—Seamus Sullivan
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Boil up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boil%20up. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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