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Phrase(s): bounce something off
Fig. to try an idea or concept out on someone or a group. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) • Let me bounce off this idea, if I may. • Can I bounce something off of you people, while you’re here?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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bounce sb into sth
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to force somebody to do something that they do not want to do, usually relating to politics
• [ + -ing verb ]: The opposition hopes to bounce the Prime Minister into calling an early election., bounce sth off sb
If you bounce something off someone, you tell someone about an idea or plan in order to find out what they think of it
• Can I bounce a couple of ideas off you?, bounce back
to start to be successful again after a difficult period, for example after experiencing failure, loss of confidence, illness or unhappiness
• Stock prices bounced back after a steep plunge earlier this week.
• Children often seem to bounce back from illness more quickly than adults do.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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In addition to the idioms beginning with BOUNCE, Also see GET THE AX (BOUNCE); MORE BOUNCE FOR THE OUNCE; THAT'S HOW THE BALL BOUNCES.
American Heritage Idioms
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verb ADV. high The ball bounced high and she missed it. | back, off The stone hit the window but bounced off. PREP. against, down, into, off, on, towards Short sound waves bounce off even small objects.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary