[Idiom] what is the meaning of "bounce up"?

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Casey’s bouncin’ up a bar at Harvard next week. We should go up there
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(source: Good will hunting)


what is the meaning of "bounce up"? Does this mean "hold up?"
 

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Casey’s bouncin’ up a bar at Harvard next week. We should go up there
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(source: Good will hunting)


what is the meaning of "bounce up"? Does this mean "hold up?"
Thank you for providing the source of this quote!

I'm not from Boston, so I don't know the exact meaning of the phrase.
However, I'm fairly sure it does NOT mean "hold up", which means "rob (usually with a weapon)".

I hope someone from Boston or the northeast of the US will reply with a good "translation" of this term!

(NOTE: This is a great example of the different regional variations of American English - I'm from Nevada, and Good Will Hunting was set in Boston, Massachusettes on the other side of the country!)
 

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In BrE, if you hold/prop up a bar, you stay there a long time drinking. We do have hold up meaning to rob too.
 

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Casey’s bouncin’ up a bar at Harvard next week. We should go up there
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(source: Good will hunting)


what is the meaning of "bounce up"? Does this mean "hold up?"
I am not a teacher.

It's not "bounce up", it's "bounce". They meant that Casey is acting as bouncer at the bar--he is bouncing. A bouncer is a guard at the door who can fight well. His job is to keep bad people out. "Up" just means "at" here.
 
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