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.

Examples of bounce back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After stumbling in their first two games of the season, the Fighting Irish have bounced back with seven straight wins and appear to be in control of their own playoff destiny, hoping to return to the College Football Playoff after last year’s loss to Ohio State in the national championship. —Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025

Or all of this could mean nothing, and BYU will bounce back against a listless TCU team that doesn’t have a lot to play for. —Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2025

Shares bounced back after the company showed growth in its high-margin cloud computing business during its most recent quarter. —Morgan Chittum,paulina Likos, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2025

Ja Rule says Drake doesn’t need any advice on how to bounce back from the Kendrick Lamar feud. —Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 11 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for bounce back

• almanac
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• cardiac
• carryback
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• diamondback
• lumberjack
• maniac
• paperback
• piggyback
• quarterback
• saddleback