bounced around
Moved without settling
Bounced around describes moving from place to place without settling: I bounced around between jobs for a few years, The idea has been bounced around the office.
It suggests impermanence or lack of direction—a person bouncing around apartments, a proposal bouncing around committees without resolution.
The phrase can also mean being jostled or tossed about physically: We bounced around in the back of the truck.
- ricochetAngled deflection off surface
- ping pongMiniature tennis indoors
- relocateEstablish residence elsewhere
- vacillateWaver between choices
- fluctuateVary irregularly over time
brainstorm · meander · oscillate · ruminate · waver · spring · leap · migrate · jumped ship · hop · nomadic · skip · drift · scatter · reconsider · shift · vault · disperse
bounced aroundstayed put
Continued in place
anchored · rooted · immobile · motionless · static
bounced aroundsettled down
Became calm or stationary
put down roots · stayed put · committed · dug in · climbed the ladder
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