bounce around
phrasal verb
bounced around; bouncing around; bounces around
informal
: to talk about (something, such as an idea) in an informal way in order to get different opinions about it
We were bouncing some ideas around for the design of the book's cover.
They bounced around some plot ideas for a new play.
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Kulikov would go on to play 460 games over seven seasons with Florida before bouncing around the league.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
After bouncing around to a couple of apartments, Eisert a few weeks ago bought a small home further north in the county.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
Before his character helped perfect that blue meth recipe, Paul bounced around in Van Wilder (2002), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Veronica Mars (2005), and Criminal Minds (2005).
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Basically, each night the characters are killed by some new terrifying threat—in what sounds like a film that will bounce around various horror movie genres—and each new day they are brought back to life to try again.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025
After bouncing around to a couple of apartments, Eisert a few weeks ago bought a small home further north in the county.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
Before his character helped perfect that blue meth recipe, Paul bounced around in Van Wilder (2002), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Veronica Mars (2005), and Criminal Minds (2005).
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Basically, each night the characters are killed by some new terrifying threat—in what sounds like a film that will bounce around various horror movie genres—and each new day they are brought back to life to try again.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Bounce around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounce%20around. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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