spring back

See also: springback

English

Verb

spring back (third-person singular simple present springs back, present participle springing back, simple past sprang back, past participle sprung back)

  1. (intransitive) To recoil; to bounce back; to recover to an improved position.
    The bough sprang back and hit us square in the face.
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