# bounce off

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/bounce-off
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To test (ideas) on someone.

## 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.

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