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Definition

reverse verb

/rɪˈvɜːs/US pronunciation symbol/-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)

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