bounce back

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

One of the flares bounced back, landed on the boat and started the fire. — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026

But simply hoping things will bounce back is a recipe for disaster. — Chris Adams, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

New Zealand boasts more than 200,000 fur seals in its waters, a population that’s only just bounced back after millions were hunted into near extinction by European sealers in the early 1800s. — Todd Symons, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

The overall graduation rate for non-transfer students — measured as the percentage of students who completed their degrees in six years — has bounced back after a slight dip in 2022 and 2023. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026

Rhymes for bounce back

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