Communication
bounce around
move between ideas without settling
To bounce around ideas is to discuss or consider several possibilities informally, without settling on one yet.
Hear it in real life
Have you chosen a topic yet?
Not really; I am still bouncing around a few possibilities.
We spent an hour bouncing around ideas for the office party.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We are bouncing around about a few ideas for the party.
Say: We are bouncing around a few ideas for the party.
“Bounce around” takes the ideas directly as its object, without “about.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
bounce around ideas; ideas bounce around
Your turn: say it out loud
We spent an hour bouncing around ideas for the office party.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
bounce around
move between ideas without settling
“We spent an hour bouncing around ideas for the office party.”
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