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• come to the boil

Verb

come to a boil ‎(third-person singular simple present comes to a boil, present participle coming to a boil, simple past and past participle came to a boil)

1. To begin to boil

   I put some water in a saucepan and it came to a boil fairly quickly.

2. (figuratively) To reach a critical point; come to a head