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bounce
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of BOUNCE
1
to drive or force out <the bar doesn't hesitate to bounce customers for getting rowdy>
Synonyms banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), expel, extrude, kick out, oust, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf (out) [chiefly British], turn out
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3
to let go from office, service, or employment <I'll bounce you if I catch you talking that way again>
Synonyms ax (or axe), bounce, can, cashier, discharge, fire, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, terminate, turn off
4
to set before the mind for consideration <we bounced several script suggestions off the producers, but they weren't interested in any of them>
5
to move with a light springing step <the girl bounced excitedly alongside her parents as they hurried toward the entrance to the amusement park>
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