bob under
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[edit]Verb
[edit]bob under (third-person singular simple present bobs under, present participle bobbing under, simple past and past participle bobbed under)
- (intransitive) To go suddenly under the surface of a body of water after a period of floating.
- I tracked her with my eyes until she bobbed under before the rescue boat got there.
- (transitive, intransitive, by extension, figurative) To go under the surface or edge of something.
- He bobbed under the blanket.