"bob up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bobs up [present, singular, third-person], bobbing up [participle, present], bobbed up [participle, past], bobbed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bob up (third-person singular simple present bobs up, present participle bobbing up, simple past and past participle bobbed up)
  1. (intransitive) To rise to the surface; to ascend to the surface and remain floating there. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bob_up-en-verb-Ax4fkgvq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16
  2. (intransitive, by extension, figurative) To appear or arrive unexpectedly. Tags: broadly, figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-bob_up-en-verb-aNh9gJAQ

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "bobbed up",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Curt Iles, A Spent Bullet: Louisiana 1941, page 125:",
          "text": "He bobbed up and flailed toward the near bank. The weight of his boots and soaked uniform kept pulling him under.",
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        }
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          "floating"
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        "(intransitive) To rise to the surface; to ascend to the surface and remain floating there."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
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    },
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        {
          "text": "That's when he bobbed up again and ruined everything.",
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        "To appear or arrive unexpectedly."
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        "(intransitive, by extension, figurative) To appear or arrive unexpectedly."
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        "To rise to the surface; to ascend to the surface and remain floating there."
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        "(intransitive) To rise to the surface; to ascend to the surface and remain floating there."
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        "(intransitive, by extension, figurative) To appear or arrive unexpectedly."
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}

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