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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Fingerprint matrix Ordinary imaging methods, whether photographs, sonar, or ultrasound scans, rely on sending a wave toward an object and analyzing the portion that bounces back.
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Hoover bounces back with a clean game, while Coach Prime contemplates making a quarterback change.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
Despite losing the first game of the series 4-3 to the Red Sox, the Yankees bounced back, winning back-to-back games to secure their place in the ALDS.
—Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Like Johnston, Hintz also needs to bounce back.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2025
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Hoover bounces back with a clean game, while Coach Prime contemplates making a quarterback change.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
Despite losing the first game of the series 4-3 to the Red Sox, the Yankees bounced back, winning back-to-back games to secure their place in the ALDS.
—Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Like Johnston, Hintz also needs to bounce back.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Bounce back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounce%20back. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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