boil (something) out of (something)

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?
See also: boil, of, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

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
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • boil out of
  • boil over
  • boil off
  • on the boil
  • boil down to, to
  • boil (something) away
  • boil away
  • boiled
  • boiling
  • bring (someone or something) to a boil