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Boil away
Meaning: Evaporate completely during boiling Example: The soup’s almost boiled away.
Bake Off
Meaning: Finish baking partly baked food Example: She baked off the cakes in the oven.
Boil down
Meaning: If a food or liquid boils down, its volume is reduced as it boils Example: Spinach tends to boil down a lot.
Boil over
Meaning: Rise and flow over the side of the container while boiling Example: The milk was boiling over on the stove behind her.
Bolt down
Meaning: Eat a large amount of food very quickly Example: She bolted down her lunch and rushed back to work.
Chop up
Meaning: Cut into pieces, usually with several sharp blows Example: Sarah was busy chopping up onions.
Cut off
Meaning: Remove part of something by cutting it with a knife Example: You should cut the tops off the carrots first.
Cut out
Meaning: Shape or form by cutting Example: She cut several pieces of pastry out.
Cut up
Meaning: Cut something into small pieces Example: He cut the pie up into little pieces.
Eat out
Meaning: Eat in a restaurant instead of at home Example: Do you feel like eating out tonight?
Eat up
Meaning: Eat all of something Example: Eat up! We’ve got to go out soon.
Fry up
Meaning: Cook something by frying Example: Let’s fry some eggs up for dinner.
Pick at
Meaning: Eat only small amounts of a meal Example: Most of the time he just picks at his food.
Slice off
Meaning: Cut something from a larger piece Example: She sliced off a piece of sausage.
Whip up
Meaning: Quickly make a meal or something to eat Example: She whipped up a delicious lunch for us in 15 minutes.
Pig out
Meaning: Eat an extremely large amount of food Example: Kids pigging out on junk food and soda.
