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Phrase(s): bounce something around (with someone) to discuss something with a number of people; to move an idea from person to person like a ball. • I need to bounce this around with my family. • I need to bounce around something with you.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Move around from one person or place to another. For example, The staff spent the morning bouncing around ideas to improve sales, or She had been bouncing around from one job to another. This term alludes to a ball bouncing among players. [Colloquial; mid-1900s] 2. Treat roughly or unfairly, as in Quit bouncing me around; I won't stand for it. This usage is based on a somewhat earlier meaning of bounce, "to beat up" or "coerce." [Slang; c. 1970]
American Heritage Idioms