bounce back
phrasal verb
bounced back; bouncing back; bounces back
: to return quickly to a normal condition after a difficult situation or event
She bounced back easily from her surgery.
After losing the first three games of the series, they bounced back to win their next eight games.
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Clark bounced back with 22 points during an 11-point loss to the Liberty on Saturday.
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
With the season on the line for Missouri softball, senior Laurin Krings and the Tigers bounced back with a win on Saturday after a heartbreaking extra-innings upset to Omaha the night before.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2024
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
With the season on the line for Missouri softball, senior Laurin Krings and the Tigers bounced back with a win on Saturday after a heartbreaking extra-innings upset to Omaha the night before.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2024
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“Bounce back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounce%20back. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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