bounce back

verb

1. intr, adverb to recover one's health, good spirits, confidence, etc, easily after a setback

noun

1. a recovery following a setback

Idioms and Phrases

Recover quickly, as in She had pneumonia, but she bounced back in less than a week . This expression is a metaphor for the rebound of a ball or some elastic material.

Example Sentences

Ojile likens it to chronic sleep deprivation: An occasional all-nighter is rough, but you bounce back.

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It meant more to our father to see us deal with a setback and try to bounce back than to watch how we handled our successes.

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But if you throw it against the hard wall of ultimate reality, it will bounce back and be very lively.

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You want to:  Bounce back from a hangover Veggie Rx: Kale This trendy green is popular for good reason.

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To ask these questions is to begin to bounce back from politically induced despair.

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As soon as they strike the object you are looking at, they reflect (bounce back) from it to your eyes.

From Project Gutenberg

You'd just hit the earth and then bounce back again, but there's no use of talking about that, because it never happened but once.

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More marbles would hit against the wood and bounce back than ever went through the little holes.

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Air waves do the same thing; when they strike against a flat surface, they bounce back like a rubber ball.

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But sometimes they hit a stone, sir, and bounce back a terrible distance!

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Related Words

• overcome
• rebound
• recover
• recuperate