bounce off (English, verb)
expansion: bounce off (third-person singular simple present bounces off, present participle bouncing off, simple past and past participle bounced off)
Senses:
glosses: To test (ideas) on someone.
tags: idiomatic
informal
transitive
glosses: To use as a springboard for further discussion.
tags: transitive
glosses: To move away with a bouncing movement.
tags: intransitive
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bounce, off.
Forms:
form: bounces off
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bouncing off
tags: participle
present
form: bounced off
tags: participle
past
form: bounced off
tags: past