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Meanings of spring back in английском

To retreat unwillingly and/or suddenly, often caused by sudden pain, shock, scare, fright, surprise, or similar.

Usage of spring back in английском
1
After each blow the limb would spring back and raise the pounder.
Stories of American Life and Adventure
2
It should have doubled in size and will spring back when touched.
The Guardian
3
The bet is that demand for their surgical equipment will spring back.
Reuters
4
And then, all at once, he seemed to spring back into life.
The Four Faces: A Mystery
5
The streets would fill with people again and spring back into life.
Helen of troy
6
Someone pulled that spruce down and let it spring back up.
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
7
The scene was a mountain spring back on the edge of the Idiam.
Surrender to the will of the night
8
With more money around to borrow cheaply, economies will spring back to life.
The Guardian
9
I tried to spring back, but his falling trunk struck me to earth.
The Ivory Trail
10
I thumb down the top round again, letting it spring back.
Back on murder
11
Steinar tried to spring back, but caught his foot, and fell.
The Wanderer's Necklace
12
The dough should spring back quickly when you prod it with your finger.
The South African
13
That makes it much easier for the company to spring back into action later.
News.com.au
14
So now the question is: can this once-doomed soldier-of-the-future ensemble spring back to life?
Wired
15
The brook that traverses our grounds rises at a spring back of his house.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930
16
The side of the suitcase would spring back into place.
Junky
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Spring back through the time
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common