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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