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Meaning of bubble over | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To be very enthusiastic, or highly excited.

idiomatic, intransitive

Examples

“She was bubbling over with laughter as she ran into the room.”
“They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups. The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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