on the bounce
informalDefinition
› one after another with nothing else between: The team has had five wins on the bounce.Continuous and permanent
(Definition of on the bounce from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- abiding adjective
- ad infinitum adverb
- ceaseless adjective
- chronic adjective (LONG-LASTING)
- continuous adjective
- deathless adjective
- fluid adjective (MOVEMENT)
- incessant adjective
- indelible adjective
- indissoluble adjective
- ineradicable adjective
- interminable adjective
- persistent adjective
- round-the-clock adjective
- smooth adjective (NOT INTERRUPTED)
- smoothly adverb
- standing adjective
- stretch noun (TIME)
- sustained adjective
- twenty-four seven adverb, adjective
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