bounce : Idioms & Phrases
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bounce back
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verb improve in health
get over; get well.
- He got well fast
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bounce out
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verb bounce a ball so that it becomes an out
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bouncing bess
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noun plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
bouncing Bess; hedge pink; soapwort; Saponaria officinalis.
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bouncing bet
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noun plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised
bouncing Bess; hedge pink; soapwort; Saponaria officinalis.
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bouncing betty
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noun an antipersonnel land mine
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bouncing putty
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noun a soft elastic silicone polymer that increases in elasticity with the application of force; used in the center of golf balls and as shock-absorbent padding
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Cherry bounce
- cherry brandy and sugar.
Webster 1913
give the bounce
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verb terminate a relationship abruptly
give the axe; give the gate.
- Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman
