from below

idiom

: from a lower place
I felt a draft from below.

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When Terry Ivory’s body was removed from the passenger seat of a sedan in White Settlement, his legs, from below the knees, were missing. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Jan. 2026 Alternatively, perhaps nutrients enter the ocean not from below, but from above — meteorites that strike the surface ice and become subsumed and drawn into the ocean. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026 In 2022, another Kelp Krawler, Steve Bruemmer, was seriously injured while swimming, and two months later, a paddleboarder and his dog were thrown from their board but unharmed after a shark bit it from below. Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026 As part of that project, sediment was pulled up from below, which was given to UB where it's been stored for dozens of years. New Atlas, 7 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for from below

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“From below.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20below. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.

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