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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 “to bounce,†a usage dating from Chaucer's day. [Late 1800s]Example Sentences
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.
A visitor will see countless merry little ducktails bobbing up and down in the clearish water, happy to hang out at one of Seattle’s best party houses on any given sunny afternoon.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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