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Meanings of bounce off in English

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Usage of bounce off in English
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The slams of our doors bounce off the brick building straight ahead.
Dark Matter
2
Put another way, it is a bounce off a very low base.
Radio NZ
3
Horrified filmmakers look on as they bounce off the jagged rocks below.
News.com.au
4
Who wants to hug someone you bounce off like a brick wall?
A ticket to the circus: a memoir
5
He stood there, watching raindrops bounce off the headstone, ashamed of himself.
Fiendish deeds
6
Dash into their vicinity and the shots bounce off you like confetti.
The Guardian
7
But his narrowed eyes bounce off me, glomming on to something beyond.
WATER FOR ELEPHANT
8
You're liable to bounce off this hill if you don't take care.
The Man from the Bitter Roots
9
So, um, they bounce off a particular one all the time.
Deadly little secrets
10
Most of them, of course, will hit the steel wall and bounce off.
Alice in quantumland: an allegory of quantum physics
11
If you see them bounce off you know you're all right.'
Full Circle
12
He'd listened to the oaths bounce off the wide walls and vaulted ceilings.
The marrowbone marble company
13
His knives clatter to the floor, or bounce off the wall.
Divergent
14
In this clear cut country, snap your fingers, watch sound bounce off rock.
Unmanned
15
And I sensed it slap against me and bounce off, repelled.
Sister Mine
16
A bounce off the side of the cage followed a bizarre superman punch.
News.com.au
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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