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Bubble up
noun, verb
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Noun
- 1 Alternative form of bubble-up. alt-of, alternative
"Then the middle-income tax cut bill that would have made the transfer from the millionaires to the middle class so that we could have some bubble up in our economy, so that we could put some money into the pockets of average working people who have been squeezed, and of course last week the President vetoed that bill."
Verb
- 1 To move upward in bubbles or in a way suggesting bubbles. intransitive
"The kid was fascinated by the air bubbling up from the aquarium vent."
- 2 move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically wordnet
- 3 To reach the surface; to emerge. intransitive
"Many of the old feelings bubbled up when I met her again."
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