Meaning

3 senses
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive)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.

  2. (Internet, intransitive)Of an email message, to be returned to the sender because it is undeliverable.

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

More definitions
  • improve in health

Examples

19 sentences
  1. Tom bounced back.

    Том здоровий знову.

    ruТом выздоровел.

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  2. We just have to bounce back.

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  3. Tom knows how to bounce back.

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  4. You'll bounce back.

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  5. I know we'll bounce back.

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Forms

bounces back, bouncing back, bounced back, bounced back
Base formbounce back · to bounce back
3rd person singularbounces back
Present participlebouncing back
Past simplebounced back
Past participlebounced back

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybounce back
he, she, itbounces back

Past simpleLesson

all personsbounced back

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bounced back
he, she, ithas bounced back

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bounce back

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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