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bounce back(verb, phrasal verb, act, return)
6
blow up(verb, collapse, excited, blast)
6
kick back(verb, overcome, return, revive)
4
fall through(verb, phrasal verb, fail, miscarry)
4
spring back(verb, phrasal verb, overcome, return)
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come to grief
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fly back(boomerang, resile)
2
set off(verb, collapse, excited, blast)
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snap back(verb, overcome, return, revive)
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touch off(verb, excited, blaze, explode)
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go off(verb, excited, blast, blaze)
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answer back(verb, act, acknowledge, proceed)
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back talk(noun, feeling, return, attitude)
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blow to kingdom come(verb, idiom, collapse, excited)
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break down(fail, collapse, fold, miscarry)
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break out(verb, collapse, excited, blast)
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come to nothing(idiom, fail, collapse, fold)
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draw back(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge)
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fall flat(idiom, fail, collapse, fold)
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fall short(verb, idiom, decline, fall)
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