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Prepositional phrase
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on the bounce
- (British, idiomatic, informal, chiefly sports) consecutively, in succession
2001 October 8, "Popey", “Sunday League Footie”, in alt.sports.soccer.everton[1] (Usenet):A tough openeing to our Kettering Area Division 4 season, with going out of the cup in the first round, and three straight losses on the bounce.
2003, Matthew Symonds, Larry Ellison, Softwar[2], →ISBN, page 462:After those eleven wins on the bounce, it’s desperately disappointing, but Ellison doesn’t seem too down when I find him back on Katana.
2007, Neil Boulton, Vamos! the Avon Plate Story[3], →ISBN, page 33:Two wins on the bounce. It obviously wasn't luck last week.