bubble
A pot of coffee was bubbling away on the hob.
When the stew starts to simmer, put a lid on the pan, and let it bubble away gently.
The sauce that's bubbling away in the kitchen smells delicious.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Hot & heat
bake
baking
beat down
blisteringly
boiling
boiling hot
closeness
fug
haze
haze over
heated
mirage
overheat
stifling
stiflingly
stuffiness
suffocatingly
superhot
sweltering
torrid
bubble awaycollocation (SITUATION)
to continue in a way that may not be noticed, but that may soon become more serious:
There are some very serious problems bubbling away under the surface.
The protests had been bubbling away for several weeks before anyone took notice.
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Many of us think a new crisis is already bubbling away in the country.
Public anger is bubbling away just below the surface.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Continue & last
(it's) business as usualidiom
bash on
carry (something) on
cease
cont.
contd
echo
immortally
in the makingidiom
insist on doing something
isochronous
protract
protraction
push ahead
push on
run on
soldier
span
spin
stretch