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Helen

Who are you on the rebound from?

— Sliding Doors  ·  1998

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker asks whom the other person is on the rebound from, assuming a new relationship follows a recent breakup. The phrasing is direct and probing, treating the involvement as a reaction to earlier heartbreak, and it invites the listener to name the former partner.

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