Word info

spring back

Verb

Meaning

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

To recoil; to bounce back; to recover to an improved position.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I've kind of fashioned my life after a Slinky. Bend me in a million shapes, and eventually I'll spring back to what I originally was. Sylvester Stallone

Making coffee has become the great compromise of the decade. It's the only thing real men do that doesn't seem to threaten their masculinity. To women, it's on the same domestic entry level as putting the spring back into the toilet-tissue holder or taking a chicken out of the freezer to thaw. Erma Bombeck

Commercially pure flat product (sheet, plate) can be formed readily, but processing must take into account the fact that the metal has a "memory" and tends to spring back. Source: Internet

Bake 17 to 22 minutes or until tops spring back when touched. Source: Internet

Bake 25 to 29 minutes or until light golden brown and the cupackes spring back when gently touched. Source: Internet

Europe appears poised to spring back from the catastrophe faster, whenever commerce resumes, because its companies need not rehire workers. Source: Internet

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