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bounced back

bounced back is the simple past and past participle of bounce back.

Meaning of bounce back

Verb

bounce back (third-person singular simple present bounces back, present participle bouncing back, simple past and past participle bounced back)

  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.

Questions about bounced back

What is bounced back the simple past and past participle of?
Bounced back is the simple past and past participle of bounce back.

Words near bounced back in the dictionary

  1. bouncebackability
  2. bouncebackable
  3. bouncebacks
  4. bounced
  5. bounced around
  6. bounced back
  7. bounced check
  8. bounced checks
  9. bounced cheque
  10. bounced cheques
  11. bounced in

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