Local English word record

bubble up

verb · 1 sense

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

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Examples

  • Gases bubbled up from the earth
  • Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America

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Synonyms

intumesce

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