brews up
Makes tea, informally
Brews up means to prepare tea or coffee, chiefly British: I'll brew up while you get settled.
It also means to develop or gather strength, especially of storms or trouble: A controversy was brewing up over the new policy.
The noun brew-up refers to a tea break or the act of making tea.
- craft beerSmall-batch artisanal beer
- teaSteeped leaf beverage
- cup of teaPersonal preference or interest
- tea kettleVessel for boiling water
- hot beverageHeated liquid refreshment
simmer · foment · storm · coffee · ferment · tornado · kombucha · steep · schemes · evil plan · typhoon · kindle · escalate · thunderclouds · invent · hatching · hurricane · ignite
development/formation
brews updissipates
Gradually breaks up, vanishes
dies down · disperses · blows over · subsides · settles
creation vs. consumption
brews upfinishes off
Completes or defeats utterly
polishes off · drains · downs · consumes
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