on the bounce
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
One, two, three on the bounce three, six, eight, jack what's that supposed to be?
Well here are, one, two, three on the bounce and I thought well you know that's a fairly good start, jack, queen, king king high was a bit dodgy you never know do you?
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “on the bounce” mean?
happening immediately after something else Literally: rebounding like a ball
Is “on the bounce” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.