bounce back
phrasal verb
bounced back; bouncing back; bounces back
: to return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or event
She bounced back easily from her surgery.
After losing the first three games of the series, they bounced back to win their next eight games.
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Cities like Detroit that are still trying to bounce back from deindustrialization know from experience how critical this is.
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Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, The Conversation, 30 May 2025
Indiana has bounced back from every playoff loss this season, but have the Knicks finally discovered a winning formula?
Haliburton, who dominated the Knicks throughout the series, was limited to eight points on 2-for-7 shooting with two rebounds and six assists.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
Practice is set up for players to bounce back quickly from those.
—Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 29 May 2025
But Trump’s poll numbers have bounced back since then, and U.S. stock market futures received a boost from the court ruling.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 29 May 2025
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Darlene Xiomara Rodriguez, The Conversation, 30 May 2025
Indiana has bounced back from every playoff loss this season, but have the Knicks finally discovered a winning formula?
Haliburton, who dominated the Knicks throughout the series, was limited to eight points on 2-for-7 shooting with two rebounds and six assists.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
Practice is set up for players to bounce back quickly from those.
—Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 29 May 2025
But Trump’s poll numbers have bounced back since then, and U.S. stock market futures received a boost from the court ruling.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 29 May 2025
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“Bounce back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounce%20back. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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