bouncing 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.