boil out of

boil (something) out of (something)

To use boiling water to clean a substance (such as a stain) from an item. Do you know if can you boil grass stains out of cotton? I have no idea if you can boil cooking oil out of clothes. Personally, I always use dish detergent on those kinds of stains. I suspect you'll ruin the tablecloth if you try to boil out that stain.

See also: boil, of, out

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boil something out of something

 and boil something out

to remove something from something by boiling. I boiled the wax out of the cloth. You can boil out the stain.

See also: boil, of, out

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