(UK, Australia) Cease to boil when heat is no longer applied. / (idiomatic, UK, Australia) To lose interest; to pall. / (idiomatic, UK, Australia) To become of diminished intensity or urgency.

(idiomatic) The holders of power or the authorities in a given situation, especially if seen as being faceless or unreasonably bureaucratic.

Of a projectile: missing the target. / (idiomatic) (Very) inaccurate.

Alternative spelling of by the by

(idiomatic) Easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish.

(idiomatic) To chinwag; to talk idly.

(idiomatic) For a similar reason; in a similar manner

working, busy, at work / (slang) Having sex

Alternative spelling of lily of the valley

plural of lily of the valley