boil the ocean in English

Forms: boils the ocean [present, singular, third-person], boiling the ocean [participle, present], boiled the ocean [participle, past], boiled the ocean [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} boil the ocean (third-person singular simple present boils the ocean, present participle boiling the ocean, simple past and past participle boiled the ocean)

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      "form": "boils the ocean",
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    {
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    {
      "form": "boiled the ocean",
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          "ref": "2010 March 9, “Whitman defines herself as the un-Schwarzenegger”, in ABC News",
          "text": "Whitman said she will not try to \"boil the ocean\" by taking on too much.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To undertake an overwhelmingly difficult task or approach to a problem."
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        "(figuratively) To undertake an overwhelmingly difficult task or approach to a problem."
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  "word": "boil the ocean"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "boils the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boiling the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boiled the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boiled the ocean",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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        "To undertake an overwhelmingly difficult task or approach to a problem."
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        "(figuratively) To undertake an overwhelmingly difficult task or approach to a problem."
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    }
  ],
  "word": "boil the ocean"
}

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"boil the ocean" meaning in English

Verb