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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John Collins had 16 for the Clippers, who bounced back from their loss to the New York Knicks on Wednesday to win for the eighth time in 10 games.
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CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
John Collins added 16 for the Clippers, who bounced back from their loss to the New York Knicks on Wednesday to win for the eighth time in 10 games.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Then the film bounces back to a year before the park opens and there’s nothing there but dirt where an Anaheim orange grove once stood.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
Its website is offline, and emails sent to its general address bounce back.
—Aaron Mondry, Freep.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
John Collins added 16 for the Clippers, who bounced back from their loss to the New York Knicks on Wednesday to win for the eighth time in 10 games.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Then the film bounces back to a year before the park opens and there’s nothing there but dirt where an Anaheim orange grove once stood.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
Its website is offline, and emails sent to its general address bounce back.
—Aaron Mondry, Freep.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Bounce back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounce%20back. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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