Food & eating

let something bubble away

cook gently for a while

To let food bubble away means to leave it cooking gently for some time.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

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Should I keep stirring the sauce?

No, just let it bubble away.

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Let the curry bubble away while you prepare the rice.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: Let the soup bubble away it for ten minutes.

Say: Let the soup bubble away for ten minutes.

Bubble away does not take it after the food being cooked has already been named.

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How it fits in a sentence.

let it bubble away; let the sauce bubble away

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Let the curry bubble away while you prepare the rice.

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let something bubble away

cook gently for a while

“Let the curry bubble away while you prepare the rice.”

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