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bounce something off [someone] Fig. to try an idea or concept out on someone or a group. Low register expression.
--Let me bounce off this idea, if I may?
--Can I bounce something off of you people, while you're here?
--O.K. shoot!/fire away!
[If you want to ask someone a question and they tell you to 'fire away' or 'shoot!, they mean that you are free to ask what you want/ 'go ahead' is the phrase in a higher register].
--Let me bounce off this idea, if I may?
--Can I bounce something off of you people, while you're here?
--O.K. shoot!/fire away!
[If you want to ask someone a question and they tell you to 'fire away' or 'shoot!, they mean that you are free to ask what you want/ 'go ahead' is the phrase in a higher register].