bubble up (through something)

bubble up (through something)
bubble up (through something)
[for a liquid] to seep up or well up through something, such as from between rocks, through a crack in the floor, or through a hole in the bottom of a boat. •

The water bubbled up through a crack in the basement floor.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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