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snap back
Idioms and Phrases
Rebound from a setback, recover quickly, as in I think we'll snap back quickly from this business downturn . This idiom transfers the sudden release of tension on, for example, a branch to other kinds of recovery. [First half of 1900s]Example Sentences
The principle of flexible wings is that they bend at high speed to reduce drag, before snapping back into high-downforce position for corners.
Like the nasty junior high mean girl he is at heart, Vance snapped back that "it's the kind of diplomacy that's going to end the destruction of your country."
Now they’re mad that the old management guard is snapping back to its old management ways.
When the air is let out of the chamber, the fins spontaneously snap back into their initial position.
But business snapped back quickly, as audiences tired of virtual events and hungered to return to in-person screenings.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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