Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
reverse verb
/rɪˈvɜːs/
/-ˈvɝːs/ v [I or T]
/-ˈvɝːs/ v [I or T] to (cause something to) go backwards, or to change the direction, order, position, result, etc. of something to its opposite
She reversed the car into the parking space.
The new manager hoped to reverse the decline in the company's fortunes.
Now that you have a job and I don't, our situations are reversed.
The Court of Appeal reversed the earlier judgment.
reverse the charges
(US also )
call collect
to make a telephone call that is paid for by the person receiving it
(Definition of reverse verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
