From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbounce back phrasal verb1 RECOVER/GET BETTERto feel better quickly after being ill, or to become successful again after failing or having been defeated SYN recover The company’s had a lot of problems in the past, but it’s always managed to bounce back.2 if an email that you send bounces back or is bounced back, it is returned to you and the other person does not receive it because of a technical problem → bounce→ See Verb table
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bounce back• During this excruciating period of flux, politicians and economists tried to forecast when the economy would bounce back.• Liverpool's footballers hope to bounce back after their defeat in Europe last week.• A waiter bounced back by handing him a molten soup-plate.• He bounced back by winning an overwhelming election victory.• We are confident the business will bounce back from the recession.• But the wee winger from Fife bounced back in a way that says much for the survivalist instincts in the human spirit.• But stand-in skipper McAllister is confident that Leeds will bounce back in the style that made them champions last May.• Their 1987 balance sheets took a hit because of defaults, but have bounced back nicely in 1988.• Then, as the yen weakened again to 104. 2 in mid-September, the Nikkei bounced back to 18474. 38.From Longman Business Dictionarybounce back phrasal verb [intransitive] to quickly increase or become successful again after falling or having problemsThe shares dropped to 430p, before bouncing back to close at 468p. → bounce→ See Verb table 