"bubble over" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-bubble over.ogg [Australia] Forms: bubbles over [present, singular, third-person], bubbling over [participle, present], bubbled over [participle, past], bubbled over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bubble over (third-person singular simple present bubbles over, present participle bubbling over, simple past and past participle bubbled over)
  1. (idiomatic) To be very enthusiastic, or highly excited. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-bubble_over-en-verb-UDCjOSLC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (over)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bubble over meaning in English (1.5kB)

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