bubble up
Rise while fizzing
Bubble up describes something rising to the surface, like bubbles in liquid.
Emotions or ideas bubble up when they emerge gradually into awareness: Resentment had been bubbling up for months.
In computing, events bubble up when they propagate from a nested element to its containers.
The phrase suggests organic emergence rather than deliberate action.
- effervesceEmit gas bubbles
- riseMove to higher position
- emergeCome out into view
- come upArise or occur
- percolateFilter through gradually
froth · surface · well up · erupt · manifest · upwelling · come to light · fizz · boil · boil over · materialize · overflow · burst forth · seep · ideas · express · float · emotions
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