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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The bitcoin price plummeted to around $75,000 per bitcoin, dropping over 30% from its all-time high of almost $110,000, as traders panicked over Trump’s tariffs but has since bounced back to over $100,000.
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Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
DeChambeau got off to a slow start with a first-round 71, but bounced back with a 3-under 68 on Friday.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
There’s a lot of turmoil in Stillwater right now and Gundy needs a bounce back year to keep his job.
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—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2025
In an effort to help businesses bounce back from the pandemic, Santa Monica’s City Council approved a motion Tuesday that will convert its Third Street Promenade into an entertainment zone by allowing visitors to buy alcoholic beverages from participating businesses and drink them outside.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
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Billy Bambrough, Forbes.com, 18 May 2025
DeChambeau got off to a slow start with a first-round 71, but bounced back with a 3-under 68 on Friday.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025
There’s a lot of turmoil in Stillwater right now and Gundy needs a bounce back year to keep his job.
14.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 May 2025
In an effort to help businesses bounce back from the pandemic, Santa Monica’s City Council approved a motion Tuesday that will convert its Third Street Promenade into an entertainment zone by allowing visitors to buy alcoholic beverages from participating businesses and drink them outside.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
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“Bounce back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounce%20back. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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