on the bounce

prepositional phrase

consecutively, in succession

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. UKidiomaticinformalhobbiesconsecutively, in succession

    Two wins on the bounce. It obviously wasn't luck last week.

    2007, Neil Boulton, Vamos! the Avon Plate Story, →ISBN, page 33
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    A tough openeing to our Kettering Area Division 4 season, with going out of the cup in the first round, and three straight losses on the bounce.

    2001 October 8, "Popey", “Sunday League Footie”, in alt.sports.soccer.everton (Usenet)

    After those eleven wins on the bounce, it’s desperately disappointing, but Ellison doesn’t seem too down when I find him back on Katana.

    2003, Matthew Symonds, Larry Ellison, Softwar, →ISBN, page 462

Synonyms & antonyms

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in a rowon the spinon the trot
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APA

on the bounce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20bounce

MLA

“on the bounce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20bounce. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on the bounce,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20bounce.

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