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View definitions for spring back

spring back

verb as in backfire

verb as in ricochet

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Example Sentences

We had barely time to spring back; but you went down with the house.

Ere my friend could spring back, the brute had seized him by the arm, and was dragging him to the earth.

Then he would spring back into the crowd like a deer leaping back into a thicket at sight of a hunter.

These are contained in a 'spring-back' portfolio, thus forming a handy volume in which pages can be inserted anywhere at will.

Steinar tried to spring back, but caught his foot, and fell.

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On this page you'll find 77 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spring back, such as: fail, flop, backlash, boomerang, disappoint, and miscarry.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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