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bounce back
verb
- intr, adverb to recover one's health, good spirits, confidence, etc, easily after a setback
noun
- a recovery following a setback
Idioms and Phrases
Recover quickly, as in She had pneumonia, but she bounced back in less than a week . This expression is a metaphor for the rebound of a ball or some elastic material.Example Sentences
I do think Pep's new deal will give them a boost, and I am expecting them to bounce back.
"For me, personally, having the complete set, it just feels really nice and it's quite poetic with the trampoline because it went silver, then down to bronze, and bounced back up to gold."
The findings suggest that the gut's ability to bounce back from changes brought about by inflammation could be critical to intestinal health and function.
For the third year in a row, Jay Leno is bouncing back after an ugly injury.
But I bounced back and further tweaks to my epilepsy drugs gave me enough confidence to return to the hills I love so much.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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