Collocations for "reverse"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "reverse" in context.
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reverse
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- on the reverse of the [carton, shirt, leaflet, contract]
- on the [carton's] reverse
- [printed, stated, written, given] on the reverse
- has a [zipper, button] on the reverse
- put the [car, truck, van] into reverse
- while the [car] was still in reverse
- the reverse of what we had [planned, expected, thought]
- that is the reverse of what I [said, meant, wanted]
- [pronounced, spelled] the same in reverse
- the [team, player, family] suffered another reverse
- met an unexpected reverse in [fortunes, the match]
- the [market, economy] has gone into reverse
- [represents, means] a reverse in trends
- came across as the reverse of [kind, polite, honest]
- I'm not [worried, angry, homesick] -- quite the reverse
- reverse [a decision, an operation, roles, a sentence]
- the [decision, judgment] was reversed
- have [a decision] reversed
- reverse out of a [space, parking space, garage]
- reverse (back) into a [space]
- UK: reverse park
- a reverse [order, payment, mortgage, charge]
- a reverse [translation, transcript, sentence, lookup]
- reverse engineering
- the reverse side of the [shirt, fabric, cloth, table, door, record]
- the [instructions, terms, conditions] are on the reverse side
- [going, heading, driving] in the reverse direction
- had the reverse effect on
- put the [car, truck, buggy] in reverse gear
- [went, spoke, announced] in reverse order
'reverse' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):