Meaning of bubble under | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To remain beneath a level.
   intransitive
2. To be in the background or margins of a phenomenon.
   intransitive
3. To be successful on a modest scale, without yet being fully established.
   intransitive

Examples

“The results bubbled under the limit⟳.”

“The Republicans were bubbling under in the area, waiting for an electoral break⟳.”

“The band was still bubbling under then, but their fame was about to explode⟳.”

“The record⟳ first happened a few years ago in Florida and had considerable sales. A year later, the record⟳ broke out again in Florida and again experienced considerable sales. Both times, it either made the chart or bubbled under.”

“The new wave⟳ of green power is bubbling under in Swansea Bay.”

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