bounce : Idioms & Phrases


bounce back

  • verb improve in health
    get over; get well.
    • He got well fast
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bounce out

  • verb bounce a ball so that it becomes an out
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bouncing bess

  • noun plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
    bouncing Bess; hedge pink; soapwort; Saponaria officinalis.
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bouncing bet

  • noun plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
    bouncing Bess; hedge pink; soapwort; Saponaria officinalis.
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bouncing betty

  • noun an antipersonnel land mine
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bouncing putty

  • noun a soft elastic silicone polymer that increases in elasticity with the application of force; used in the center of golf balls and as shock-absorbent padding
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Cherry bounce

  • cherry brandy and sugar.
Webster 1913

give the bounce

  • verb terminate a relationship abruptly
    give the axe; give the gate.
    • Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman
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