verb · irregular · intransitive · rare

bob up

bob up · bobs up · bobbed up · bobbing up

підійти, піднятися, підходити

подняться, подойти, подходить

erscheinen, bevorstehen, herankommen

To rise to the surfaceTo rise to the surface; to ascend to the surface and remain floating there.

» Bob gave up his seat on the bus to an old lady.

Im Bus überließ Bob einer alten Frau seinen Sitzplatz.

Meaning

2 senses

(intransitive)To rise to the surface; to ascend to the surface and remain floating there.
(broadly, figuratively, intransitive)To appear or arrive unexpectedly.
That's when he bobbed up again and ruined everything.

More definitions

originate or come into being

Examples

5 sentences

Bob gave up his seat on the bus to an old lady.
deIm Bus überließ Bob einer alten Frau seinen Sitzplatz.
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The harvestman bobbed up and down.
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The parrot bobbed his head up and down.
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The truth is bobbing up.
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For God's sake Bob, lighten up.
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Forms

bobs up, bobbing up, bobbed up, bobbed up

Base form	bob up · to bob up
3rd person singular	bobs up
Present participle	bobbing up
Past simple	bobbed up
Past participle	bobbed up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	bob up
he, she, it	bobs up

Past simpleLesson

all persons

bobbed up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have bobbed up
he, she, it	has bobbed up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will bob up

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Close in meaning

originate or come into being:arise come up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb