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BUBBLE UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically

Example:

Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America

Synonyms:

bubble up; intumesce

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

come up; rise; rise up; surface (come to the surface)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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