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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After a rough showing in Game 5, Haliburton bounced back in Game 6 and seemed locked in from the jump in the finale.
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Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Dariush bounced back from that loss with five wins in a row, besting the likes of Daron Cruickshank (submission), Jim Miller (decision) and Michael Johnson (decision).
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Real Madrid bounced back from an early Raul Asencio red card to beat Pachuca in Charlotte and give Xabi Alonso his first win as head coach.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 22 June 2025
And while April and May helped this year’s box office bounce back from a slow start, June will be down about 6.5% compared to last year and down almost 26% compared with the pre-pandemic average, according to estimates from Gross.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 22 June 2025
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Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Dariush bounced back from that loss with five wins in a row, besting the likes of Daron Cruickshank (submission), Jim Miller (decision) and Michael Johnson (decision).
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Real Madrid bounced back from an early Raul Asencio red card to beat Pachuca in Charlotte and give Xabi Alonso his first win as head coach.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 22 June 2025
And while April and May helped this year’s box office bounce back from a slow start, June will be down about 6.5% compared to last year and down almost 26% compared with the pre-pandemic average, according to estimates from Gross.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 22 June 2025
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“Bounce back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounce%20back. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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