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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The Sparks bounced back in the second quarter, with McDonald and Brown making three-pointers and Jackson making a two-point shot to give the Sparks their first lead with 6:21 left in the half.
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Marissa Kraus, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
City officials also say tax revenues could bounce back if the economy improves or if city voters approve ballot measures this fall that would raise the sales tax and impose a parcel tax for flood prevention.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2024
Laurence Fishburne joins The Witcher as fan-favorite Regis, season 4 plot details emerge
The Sterling affair, as 30 for 30 dubbed it, plays out on two fronts, and Clipped bounces back and forth between both.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 3 June 2024
Many energy experts say Canadian hydroelectric plants, which have had to reduce electricity production because of a recent drop in rain and snow, will eventually bounce back.
—Ivan Penn Ruth Fremson, New York Times, 3 June 2024
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Marissa Kraus, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
City officials also say tax revenues could bounce back if the economy improves or if city voters approve ballot measures this fall that would raise the sales tax and impose a parcel tax for flood prevention.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2024
Laurence Fishburne joins The Witcher as fan-favorite Regis, season 4 plot details emerge
The Sterling affair, as 30 for 30 dubbed it, plays out on two fronts, and Clipped bounces back and forth between both.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 3 June 2024
Many energy experts say Canadian hydroelectric plants, which have had to reduce electricity production because of a recent drop in rain and snow, will eventually bounce back.
—Ivan Penn Ruth Fremson, New York Times, 3 June 2024
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“Bounce back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounce%20back. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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