bubble up

/ˌbʌbəl əp/
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Other forms: bubbled up; bubbling up; bubbles up

Definitions of bubble up
  1. verb
    move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically
    “Gases bubbled up from the earth”
    “Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America”
    synonyms: intumesce
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    type of:
    come up, rise, rise up, surface
    come to the surface
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