bounce back

verb

bounced back; bouncing back; bounces back
Synonyms of bounce backnext
: 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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Williams and Corum each rushed for a touchdown as the Rams bounced back from consecutive defeats by the Buffalo Bills and Arizona Cardinals to keep alive their turnaround from their third poor start in three seasons. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 Kalani Sitake's Cougars will now look to bounce back on Halloween against the Arizona State Sun Devils, while the UCF Knights will move on to face Baylor. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Forsberg’s goal helped the Red Bulls (11-14-6, 39 points) bounce back from consecutive losses and move into eighth in the Eastern Conference. — Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026 Elsewhere, Leipzig bounced back from heavy defeats against Bayern Munich and Real Madrid by crushing Elversberg 4-0. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bounce back

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“Bounce back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounce%20back. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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