rollback
an act or instance of rolling back.
a return to a lower level of prices, wages, etc., as by government order.
a pulling back or withdrawal: a rollback of attack forces.
Origin of rollback
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How to use rollback in a sentence
They roll back the sidewalks precisely at ten, And the people who live there are not seen again.
During his campaign, de Blasio promised to roll back Bloomberg Administration policies on public charter schools.
Why Is Progressive Hero Bill de Blasio Throwing Charter Schools Out of New York City? | Conor P. Williams | March 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLawmakers on both sides of the aisle and activists on the left and the right are taking action to roll back imprisonment rates.
Yet so far there have been no high-profile efforts to roll back the 2008 legislation.
Then he suddenly summoned the Vatican Council II, whose reforms the Curia and recent popes have in effect sought to roll back.
When I stopped, he would roll back with a grunt of profound satisfaction, bat one eye at me affectionately, and go to sleep again.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonHis head is over his shoulder all the way as we roll back to the city under the beautiful trees of the palace grounds.
It was only with a great effort that he managed at last to roll all the way over; and then he couldn't roll back again.
The Tale of Pony Twinkleheels | Arthur Scott BaileyThe gates did roll back, the heavens were broken up, new spiritual heights were shown to me, up which my spirit mounted.
Unveiling a Parallel | Alice Ilgenfritz Jones and Ella MarchantThey pause, mounting higher and higher; they dance wildly, then roll back towards us; too evidently back.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIII. (of XXI.) | Thomas Carlyle
Other Idioms and Phrases with rollback
Decrease, cut back, or reduce, especially prices, as in Unless they roll back oil prices, this summer's tourist traffic will be half of last year's. [c. 1940]
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