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

Missouri bounced back from a drubbing at Ole Miss to give the same treatment to Arkansas on the road. — Pj Green november 2, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026

Longtime Eaton Canyon volunteers mentioned in an early meeting that the plant is known to have bounced back there after the 1993 Kinneloa fire and the 2009 Station fire. — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

Will the Panthers bounce back from another bad loss, or will the Packers avenge last week’s loss to the Lions? — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Bastian bounced back from that setback to defeat Tharps and claim the championship in the double-elimination format. — Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for bounce back

• almanac
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• carryback
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• paperback
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