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BUBBLE UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bubble up mean?
• BUBBLE UP (verb)
The verb BUBBLE UP has 1 sense:
1. move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically
Familiarity information: BUBBLE UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
bubble up; intumesce
Context example:
Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America
Hypernyms (to "bubble up" is one way to...):
come up; rise; rise up; surface (come to the surface)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Context examples
Your social life, which started to bubble up with the entry of Mars to Libra on October 3, will continue to add fun and frivolity while Mars remains in Libra until November 18.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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