bob up

1. 1.

   originate or come into being

   “a question arose”

   Synonymsarisecome up

   Broaderbecome

Questions about bob up

What does bob up mean?

bob up means "originate or come into being".

What is another word for bob up?

Close synonyms include arise, come up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bob up a common word?

bob up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.