boil up

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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stop on the trail to make tea and rest.

Quotations

1933

At three we boiled up again. It's wonderful how a cup of tea and a smoke and a rest picks you up.

1943

No let-up in the blustery weather could be predicted, so we "boiled up" to pass the time.