bubble under

English

Verb

bubble under (third-person singular simple present bubbles under, present participle bubbling under, simple past and past participle bubbled under)

  1. (intransitive) to be successful on a modest scale, without yet being fully established
    • 2015 November 25, The Independent‎:
      The new wave of green power is bubbling under in Swansea Bay.
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