bounce into
verb
bounced into; bouncing into; bounces into
British, informal
: to force (someone) to decide to do (something) especially without having time to think about it
The voters were bounced into agreeing to the proposal.
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The Cubs’ Brown, cashing the reprieve, got Manny Machado to bounce into an inning-ending double play.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
New York had runners at the corners again in the fifth when leadoff batter Bo Bichette bounced into an inning-ending double play.
—CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Glasnow got the next batter, Jung Hoo Lee, to bounce into a double play.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
The ball bounced into Anthony’s glove just as Brice Turang stepped on third base and headed home to try to score the go-ahead run.
—Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
New York had runners at the corners again in the fifth when leadoff batter Bo Bichette bounced into an inning-ending double play.
—CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
Glasnow got the next batter, Jung Hoo Lee, to bounce into a double play.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026
The ball bounced into Anthony’s glove just as Brice Turang stepped on third base and headed home to try to score the go-ahead run.
—Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Bounce into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounce%20into. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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