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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So far this season, Jarry has bounced back from a couple of rough seasons.
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Patrick Damp, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
With great demand from China and a new reasoning chip set to debut, Nvidia will bounce back.
—Paulina Likos,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
Newsom sued, and the case has bounced back and forth between Breyer’s courtroom and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is still considering elements of it.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Johnson could only afford to lose three Republican votes due to his razor-thin margin, so leadership had to bounce back and forth between the five to try to sway them.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 10 Dec. 2025
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Patrick Damp, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
With great demand from China and a new reasoning chip set to debut, Nvidia will bounce back.
—Paulina Likos,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
Newsom sued, and the case has bounced back and forth between Breyer’s courtroom and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is still considering elements of it.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 10 Dec. 2025
Johnson could only afford to lose three Republican votes due to his razor-thin margin, so leadership had to bounce back and forth between the five to try to sway them.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Bounce back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounce%20back. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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