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bob up
Idioms and Phrases
Appear suddenly or unexpectedly. For example, I didn't know anyone in the group until Harry bobbed up . This term uses the verb bob in the sense of 鈥渢o bounce,鈥 a usage dating from Chaucer's day. [Late 1800s]Example Sentences
He beamed as his head bobbed up and down.
I reassured her this was not the case and rapidly tried to build a bond as we bobbed up and down a few metres apart.
A standout moment on Tamara's nine-week expedition in Antarctica's Weddell Sea was when two seals bobbed up to the surface to take a deeper breath after falling asleep alongside the ship.
He disappeared under the water and in a while his head bobbed up, far out and downstream.
Miraculously, he bobbed up between the web of metal legs and braces to break back through into the open air.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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