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spring back
verb as in backfire
Weak match
verb as in bounce
verb as in rebound
Example Sentences
People were really into reading, and Black-owned bookstores were able to spring back up.
"That's because I'm lighter and putting less force into the blade, so it's bending less, and therefore giving me less spring back."
The spores remain dormant during the useful lifetime of the plastic, but spring back to life and start to digest the product when exposed to nutrients in compost.
If the Supreme Court overturns legal precedents on these and other issues, old state laws that haven’t been enforced, possibly for centuries, can suddenly spring back to life.
The decision should serve as a warning for the rest of the country, in light of ongoing efforts to revive the Comstock Act: In the hands of a far-right court, a dead, openly misogynistic, wildly unpopular abortion ban can spring back to life with a vengeance.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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