off the boil

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Prepositional phrase[edit]

off the boil

  1. (Of a heated liquid) having just stopped boiling.
  2. (colloquial) no longer continuing or active.
    the deal has come off the boil
  3. (colloquial) No longer going smoothly or working well.
  4. (sports, colloquial) No longer playing exceptionally well.