into reverse
idiom
: into an opposite state or condition
The decrease in profit has been put into reverse.
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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.
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Ganesh Rao,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 June 2025
Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the economy, shifted into reverse in the first quarter as businesses stockpiled goods in anticipation of tariffs.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
According to the recall notice, the center information display unit could display a blank screen when shifted into reverse, thus causing the vehicles to not be in compliance with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Elsewhere along the 800-mile front line of Russia’s 37-month wider war on Ukraine, Russian offensives have stalled—or shifted into reverse in the face of determined Ukrainian counterattacks.
—David Axe, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Ganesh Rao,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 June 2025
Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of the economy, shifted into reverse in the first quarter as businesses stockpiled goods in anticipation of tariffs.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
According to the recall notice, the center information display unit could display a blank screen when shifted into reverse, thus causing the vehicles to not be in compliance with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Elsewhere along the 800-mile front line of Russia’s 37-month wider war on Ukraine, Russian offensives have stalled—or shifted into reverse in the face of determined Ukrainian counterattacks.
—David Axe, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Into reverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/into%20reverse. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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