from below

idiom

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

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The graft union, a bump on the main stem, should be just beneath the surface of the soil, but sometimes stems will grow up from below it. Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025 The male fly approaches the female from below during mating and researchers believe that their eyes have evolved to determine whether the female is truly full of eggs or just pretending to be fertile in order to receive food gifts. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025 All About Tamsin Egerton In the video, the Oppenheimer star filmed himself from below. Michael Nied, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025 Seen from below on a day of lowering clouds, the town can still seem a forbidding place, though inside the gates, floral window boxes and the lines of laundry that stretch across narrow lanes like festive banners lighten the fortress mood. Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025 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 18 May. 2025.

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