bob up

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bob up

verb bobs up · bobbing up · bobbed up

intransitive To rise to the surface; to ascend to the surface and remain floating there. He bobbed up and flailed toward the near bank. The weight of his boots and soaked uniform kept pulling him under.
broadly, figuratively, intransitive To appear or arrive unexpectedly. That's when he bobbed up again and ruined everything.

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@misc{bob_up_2026,
  title = {bob up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bob%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}