bounce off
phrasal verb
bounced off; bouncing off; bounces off
informal
: to talk about (something, such as an idea) with (someone) in an informal way in order to get an opinion
I wanted to bounce some ideas off you before the meeting.
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Things got worse, as a shot bounced off his face on the penalty kill, and proceeded to land right on Marchand’s stick for a tap-in.
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Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Shares of oil and gas giant Antero Resources (AR) are attempting a bounce off four consecutive daily losses and last week’s 4.2% drop, last seen up 0.6% to trade at $37.59.
—Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
However, a lucky bounce off a tree put him back into play and gave him a chance.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
The next step is to learn how to remove similar signals from the astronomical data — then, after that, the goal is to expand the technique to not just identify and remove television signals bouncing off airplanes, but also to remove signals from satellites overhead too.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
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Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Shares of oil and gas giant Antero Resources (AR) are attempting a bounce off four consecutive daily losses and last week’s 4.2% drop, last seen up 0.6% to trade at $37.59.
—Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
However, a lucky bounce off a tree put him back into play and gave him a chance.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
The next step is to learn how to remove similar signals from the astronomical data — then, after that, the goal is to expand the technique to not just identify and remove television signals bouncing off airplanes, but also to remove signals from satellites overhead too.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Bounce off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounce%20off. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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