Idiom idiom
bounce off
Meaning
To test (ideas) on someone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I want to bounce some ideas off you.”
“Before I present this project to the boss, I need to bounce a few thoughts off my colleague.”
“The author often invited his most trusted editor to dinner, specifically to bounce new plot concepts off her before committing them to the page.”
Anchors to
- 01
bounce back
To recover from a negative situation without seemingly any damage.
- 02
bounce off the walls
To be overly active relative to the enclosed space in which one is.
- 03
dead cat bounce
A temporary recovery in the price of a financial instrument which has fallen rapidly and is expected to fall further in the long run.
Last updated August 10, 2026