bounce off

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Verb

bounce off (third-person singular simple present bounces off, present participle bouncing off, simple past and past participle bounced off)

(transitive, idiomatic) to test (ideas) on someone
to come off something with a bounce.
The ball bounced off the wall.
to move away with a bouncing movement.
She bounced off out of the room.

Derived terms

bounce off the walls