bounce back

Definitions

1. 1

   To recover from a negative situation without seemingly any damage.

   • We thought he'd die from the crash, but he bounced back to normal after 10 days in hospital.
   • Chelsea bounced back from the disappointment of losing at Wolves in midweek to end City's 21-game unbeaten league run stretching back to April, and a sequence of 14 unbeaten games away from home.
   • The current Coronavirus pandemic has obviously had an effect on the line's traffic, but I have little doubt that the numbers will bounce back sooner or later because the ELL has proved too vital a link for both business and leisure travel.
2. 2

   Of an email message, to be returned to the sender because it is undeliverable.

3. 3

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bounce, back.

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   1. 4

      Alternative form of bounceback.

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