spring back in English

Forms: springs back [present, singular, third-person], springing back [participle, present], sprang back [past], sprung back [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

Inflected forms

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      "form": "springs back",
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    {
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sprang back",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprung back",
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        "participle",
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      "glosses": [
        "To recoil; to bounce back; to recover to an improved position."
      ],
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          "bounce back"
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        ],
        [
          "improve",
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        "(intransitive) To recoil; to bounce back; to recover to an improved position."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "spring back"
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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "springs back",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "springing back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprang back",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprung back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
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      "glosses": [
        "To recoil; to bounce back; to recover to an improved position."
      ],
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          "recoil"
        ],
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          "bounce back",
          "bounce back"
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          "position"
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        "(intransitive) To recoil; to bounce back; to recover to an improved position."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spring back"
}

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"spring back" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms