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

The once widely popular Lula's approval ratings plummeted during his third term as Brazilians grew discontent with the higher cost of living and security concerns, but bounced back. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Meanwhile, host Missouri (4-1, 1-1) bounced back from its first loss of the season at the hands of Mississippi State last week. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026

This is because developing countries have less capacity to adapt to shortages of key agricultural products like fertilizer, poor harvests of maize and other staple crops, and less resilience to bounce back from extreme weather and climate events. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Hotel pillows often rely on down and feather fills for their lofty, springy build and ability to bounce back into shape night after night. — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for bounce back

• almanac
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• carryback
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