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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In the United Kingdom, the project bounces back onto three rankings after not appearing on any of them for a long while.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Some players had bounced back from four-year schools where they had been disappointed … sitting on the bench or moved to the side and had wasted their first years of eligibility.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Nehls predicted the markets will bounce back and said the policy is an important step toward fair trade and reviving American manufacturing.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
Visually, these notes bounce back to the console, to the chrome swivel, and then are enveloped in a comely, cushioned daybed, another NJCR piece.
—John Ortved, Architectural Digest, 14 Mar. 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Some players had bounced back from four-year schools where they had been disappointed … sitting on the bench or moved to the side and had wasted their first years of eligibility.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Nehls predicted the markets will bounce back and said the policy is an important step toward fair trade and reviving American manufacturing.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2025
Visually, these notes bounce back to the console, to the chrome swivel, and then are enveloped in a comely, cushioned daybed, another NJCR piece.
—John Ortved, Architectural Digest, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Bounce back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounce%20back. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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