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snap back

Idioms  

  1. Rebound from a setback, recover quickly, as in I think we'll snap back quickly from this business downturn. This idiom transfers the sudden release of tension on, for example, a branch to other kinds of recovery. [First half of 1900s]

Example Sentences

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Claudius snapped back into enforcer mode, rejecting price drops and special inventory requests.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mending ties between Honduras and Taiwan would not mean an immediate snap back in trade volumes, said Yen, the seafood trader.

From Barron's

They offer what I call a “snapback” hypothesis for why small caps should now outperform: Large caps’ outperformance is stretched so thin it’s like a rubber band — ready to snap back.

From MarketWatch

This time they snapped back into position as a unit.

From Literature

And the stifling defense from the first half snapped back to attention.

From Los Angeles Times

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