BOB UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bob up mean? 

• BOB UP (verb)
  The verb BOB UP has 1 sense:

1. originate or come into being

  Familiarity information: BOB UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOB UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Originate or come into being

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

arise; bob up; come up

Context example:

a question arose

Hypernyms (to "bob up" is one way to...):

become (come into existence)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

 Context examples 

Its orbit is also tilted a little, causing it to bob up and then down once each year through Earth's orbital plane.

(Small Asteroid Is Earth's Constant Companion, NASA)