bounce off

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w>bounce off

vt always separate to bounce something off something → etw von etw abprallen lassen; radio waves etc → etw an etw (dat) → reflektieren; to bounce an idea off somebody (fig inf) → eine Idee an jdm testen (inf)

vi → abprallen; (radio waves) → reflektieren

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