Players with costumes on boil sufficiently (3,2,5)
I believe the answer is:
get up steam
'boil sufficiently' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'players with costumes' is the wordplay.
'players' becomes 'team' (sports team).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'costumes' becomes 'getups' (I've seen this in another clue).
'team' put after 'getups' is 'GET UP STEAM'.
'on' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for get up steam that I've seen before include "become excited" , "Gain more impetus in moving forward" .)