into reverse
idiom
: into an opposite state or condition
The decrease in profit has been put into reverse.
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Advertisement In China, rapidly expanding clean energy has sent carbon emissions into reverse for the first time, part of a 15 year plan by Beijing to electrify its economy and reduce its dependence on fossil fuels.
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Laurence Tubiana, Time, 18 June 2025
Jencks and Silver’s normative pathway of design typologies may be thrown into reverse gear as universal formulas disaggregate into countless bespoke fixes.
—Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 1 June 2025
In the meantime, America’s aggressive trade war has sent the US economy into reverse.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
Top-line growth has gone into reverse for the company and has fallen by around 20% since reaching a high of 2.5 billion euros ($2.9 billion) for the year ending December 2021.
—Ganesh Rao,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 June 2025
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Laurence Tubiana, Time, 18 June 2025
Jencks and Silver’s normative pathway of design typologies may be thrown into reverse gear as universal formulas disaggregate into countless bespoke fixes.
—Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 1 June 2025
In the meantime, America’s aggressive trade war has sent the US economy into reverse.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
Top-line growth has gone into reverse for the company and has fallen by around 20% since reaching a high of 2.5 billion euros ($2.9 billion) for the year ending December 2021.
—Ganesh Rao,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 June 2025
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“Into reverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/into%20reverse. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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