Bounce back

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of bounceback. alt-of, alternative

    "After an initial bounce back, the post-Covid Chinese economy has turned sluggish. Its property market - once a key driver of growth - is now mired in a credit crisis, exacerbating a domestic "debt bomb" that has ballooned from years of borrowing by local government and state-owned enterprises."

Verb
  1. 1
    To recover from a negative situation without seemingly any damage. idiomatic, intransitive

    "We thought he'd die from the crash, but he bounced back to normal after 10 days in hospital."

  2. 2
    improve in health wordnet
  3. 3
    Of an email message, to be returned to the sender because it is undeliverable. Internet, intransitive
  4. 4
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bounce, back.

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