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kick back collapse: spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"; pay a kickback; make an illegal payment

boomerang collapse: a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower; return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang

rebound collapse: the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot; a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration; "he is still on the rebound from his wife's death"

carom collapse: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other; make a carom; rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts"

backfire collapse: a miscalculation that recoils on its maker; a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path; a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine; set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire; emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire; "My old car backfires all the time"; come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"

reverberate collapse: treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberating furnace; "reverberate ore"; be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building"; have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"

cannon collapse: lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals; a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels; heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane; (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm; heavy gun fired from a tank; fire a cannon; make a cannon

revert collapse: undergo reversion, as in a mutation; go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"

go back collapse: belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years"

hark back collapse: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

come back collapse: be restored; "Her old vigor returned"; even the score, in sports

recoil collapse: a movement back from an impact; the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

fall back collapse: retreat; fall backwards and down; have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

backlash collapse: an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence; "there was a backlash of intolerance"

remand collapse: the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial)

recapture collapse: the act of taking something back; a legal seizure by the government of profits beyond a fixed amount; capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner"; take up anew; "The author recaptures an old idea here"; experience anew; "She could not recapture that feeling of happiness"; take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort"

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