Question

When it starts to boil, turn down the heat to a simmer.

Accepted Answer

(idiomatichttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volumehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/volume, heathttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heat, or lighthttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/light.

Sentence	When it starts to boil, turn down the heat to a simmer.
Definition	( idiomatic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic ) To reduce the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/volume , heat https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/heat , or light https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/light .

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