bounce off (verb)
31glance — ► VERB 1) take a brief or hurried look. 2) strike at an angle and bounce off obliquely. ► NOUN ▪ a brief or hurried look. DERIVATIVES glancing adjective. ORIGIN Old French glacier to slip , from glace ice …
32glancing — glance ► VERB 1) take a brief or hurried look. 2) strike at an angle and bounce off obliquely. ► NOUN ▪ a brief or hurried look. DERIVATIVES glancing adjective. ORIGIN Old French glacier to slip , from glace ice …
33turn out — verb 1. be shown or be found to be (Freq. 32) She proved to be right The medicine turned out to save her life She turned up HIV positive • Syn: ↑prove, ↑turn up • Hypernyms: ↑ …
34turn down — verb 1. refuse to accept (Freq. 5) He refused my offer of hospitality • Syn: ↑refuse, ↑reject, ↑pass up, ↑decline • Ant: ↑accept ( …
35take a hop — verb spring back; spring away from an impact The rubber ball bounced These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide • Syn: ↑bounce, ↑resile, ↑spring, ↑bound, ↑rebound, ↑recoil, ↑ …
36turf out — verb put out or expel from a place The unruly student was excluded from the game • Syn: ↑eject, ↑chuck out, ↑exclude, ↑boot out, ↑turn out • Derivationally related forms: ↑exclusion ( …
37kick back — verb 1. pay a kickback; make an illegal payment (Freq. 1) • Derivationally related forms: ↑kickback • Topics: ↑crime, ↑offense, ↑criminal offense, ↑criminal offence, ↑offence, ↑ …
38give the axe — verb 1. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position The boss fired his secretary today The company terminated 25% of its workers • Syn: ↑displace, ↑fire, ↑give notice, ↑can, ↑dismiss, ↑ …
39pass up — verb 1. refuse to accept (Freq. 1) He refused my offer of hospitality • Syn: ↑refuse, ↑reject, ↑turn down, ↑decline • Ant: ↑accept ( …
40rebound — verb 1) the ball rebounded off the wall Syn: bounce, bounce back, spring back, ricochet, boomerang, carom 2) finally the dollar rebounded Syn: recover, rally, pick up, make a recovery 3) …
