"spring back" meaning in All languages combined

See spring back on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: springs back [present, singular, third-person], springing back [participle, present], sprang back [past], sprung back [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|spring<,,sprang,sprung> back}} spring back (third-person singular simple present springs back, present participle springing back, simple past sprang back, past participle sprung back)
  1. To recoil; to bounce back; to recover to an improved position.
    Sense id: en-spring_back-en-verb-M2~v5-Rj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "back", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprang back",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprung back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "spring back (third-person singular simple present springs back, present participle springing back, simple past sprang back, past participle sprung back)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"back\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To recoil; to bounce back; to recover to an improved position."
      ],
      "id": "en-spring_back-en-verb-M2~v5-Rj",
      "links": [
        [
          "recoil",
          "recoil"
        ],
        [
          "bounce back",
          "bounce back"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spring back"
}

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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "springing back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprang back",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprung back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spring<,,sprang,sprung> back"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"back\"",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To recoil; to bounce back; to recover to an improved position."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "recoil",
          "recoil"
        ],
        [
          "bounce back",
          "bounce back"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spring back"
}

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