into reverse
idiom
: into an opposite state or condition
The decrease in profit has been put into reverse.
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This trend went into reverse after 2014 when Xi Jinping, having just assumed the top leadership position, aggressively redirected resources to the state sector.
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Nicholas R. Lardy, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2024
Footage shows the driver of the Bobcat quickly backing into reverse, dropping the claw, re-raising it and speeding a short distance away before turning around and rearing back in what appears to be an attempt to charge toward the police SUV again.
—USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
Tesla goes into reverse The fervor surrounding weight loss drugs — over their potential to boost economies by improving people’s health and to upend the business models of food and traditional weight loss companies — mirrors some of the revolutionary rhetoric around electric vehicles.
—Anna Cooban, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
From 2010 to 2020, immigration from Mexico slowed markedly, and even went into reverse.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
Lieutenant Eugene Chin grabbed for Pinto, who avoided him and swung into reverse — hitting an unmarked police car and dragging the lieutenant, Perez said.
—Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
Lately, he’s been trying all the time to slow time, to suspend it, to end it, to slide it into reverse.
—Matt Thompson, Spin, 10 Sep. 2023
Tesla has put its cost-cutting strategy into reverse.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 2 May 2023
The suspect stopped the big rig on a dirt shoulder, put it into reverse and rammed into one of the police vehicles, disabling it, Maqueira said.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
Nicholas R. Lardy, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2024
Footage shows the driver of the Bobcat quickly backing into reverse, dropping the claw, re-raising it and speeding a short distance away before turning around and rearing back in what appears to be an attempt to charge toward the police SUV again.
—USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
Tesla goes into reverse The fervor surrounding weight loss drugs — over their potential to boost economies by improving people’s health and to upend the business models of food and traditional weight loss companies — mirrors some of the revolutionary rhetoric around electric vehicles.
—Anna Cooban, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
From 2010 to 2020, immigration from Mexico slowed markedly, and even went into reverse.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
Lieutenant Eugene Chin grabbed for Pinto, who avoided him and swung into reverse — hitting an unmarked police car and dragging the lieutenant, Perez said.
—Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
Lately, he’s been trying all the time to slow time, to suspend it, to end it, to slide it into reverse.
—Matt Thompson, Spin, 10 Sep. 2023
Tesla has put its cost-cutting strategy into reverse.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 2 May 2023
The suspect stopped the big rig on a dirt shoulder, put it into reverse and rammed into one of the police vehicles, disabling it, Maqueira said.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
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“Into reverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/into%20reverse. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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