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 

• BUBBLE UP (verb)

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)