into reverse
idiom
: into an opposite state or condition
The decrease in profit has been put into reverse.
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The best response: Forward, by throwing the city’s decision to block the shelter into reverse.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2025
But Trump's election threw that policy into reverse.
—arkansasonline.com, 14 Mar. 2025
If President Trump has his way, the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles will soon slam into reverse.
—Jack Ewing, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
That could send the recent trend of nonviolent secessionism into reverse and increase the human costs of war in places where secessionists have already resorted to rebellion.
—Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2025
But Trump's election threw that policy into reverse.
—arkansasonline.com, 14 Mar. 2025
If President Trump has his way, the auto industry’s transition to electric vehicles will soon slam into reverse.
—Jack Ewing, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
That could send the recent trend of nonviolent secessionism into reverse and increase the human costs of war in places where secessionists have already resorted to rebellion.
—Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
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“Into reverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/into%20reverse. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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