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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One of those bounced off of his helmet and likely would have been intercepted by Dugger had it not.
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Doug Kyed, Hartford Courant, 24 Nov. 2024
The bullet bounced off the metal plate in Glenn Stubbins’s head and into Zach Galifianakis — but luckily, all parties survived.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
Sure enough, this level was reached in early August, and FCX ended up bouncing off this support two times before this month’s upswing.
—David Keller, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024
Schools of bar jack fish swam through, rays of sun bouncing off their silvery sides.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
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Doug Kyed, Hartford Courant, 24 Nov. 2024
The bullet bounced off the metal plate in Glenn Stubbins’s head and into Zach Galifianakis — but luckily, all parties survived.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
Sure enough, this level was reached in early August, and FCX ended up bouncing off this support two times before this month’s upswing.
—David Keller, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024
Schools of bar jack fish swam through, rays of sun bouncing off their silvery sides.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Bounce off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounce%20off. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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