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bubble up

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bubble up (through something)
[for a liquid] to seep up or well up through something, such as from between rocks, through a crack in the floor, or through a hole in the bottom of a boat. The water bubbled up through a crack in the basement floor.
See also: bubble, up

bubble up
to appear suddenly When she laughs, a happy child's laugh bubbles up out of her. The most interesting ideas in education have bubbled up in places as different as New York and Arizona.
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of bubble up (to rise to the surface of a liquid)
See also: bubble, up


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