"go off the boil" meaning in All languages combined

See go off the boil on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: EN-AU ck1 go off the boil.ogg , En-au-go off the boil.ogg Forms: goes off the boil [present, singular, third-person], going off the boil [participle, present], went off the boil [past], gone off the boil [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> off the boil}} go off the boil (third-person singular simple present goes off the boil, present participle going off the boil, simple past went off the boil, past participle gone off the boil)
  1. (UK, Australia) To cease to boil when heat is no longer applied. Tags: Australia, UK
    Sense id: en-go_off_the_boil-en-verb-H6lE50L3 Categories (other): Australian English, British English
  2. (idiomatic, UK, Australia) To lose interest; to pall. Tags: Australia, UK, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-go_off_the_boil-en-verb-9HiK459c Categories (other): Australian English, British English
  3. (idiomatic, UK, Australia) To become of diminished intensity or urgency. Tags: Australia, UK, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-go_off_the_boil-en-verb-ObsXvjG~ Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 21 43 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 21 44 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 20 45 20
  4. (idiomatic, UK, Australia) To become less successful. Tags: Australia, UK, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-go_off_the_boil-en-verb-0LPTqXfz Categories (other): Australian English, British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: go on the boil, be off the boil, be on the boil, come off the boil, come on the boil, bring to the boil, come to the boil, return to the boil

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2004, Neil Gaiman, American Gods:",
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