roll back

Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

The move came after the Financial Times reported External link the president planned to roll back tariffs to ease affordability concerns in America.

From Barron's

The start of the year is a natural time to boost prices: for gyms to raise membership fees, streaming services to hike subscription rates, or retailers to roll back holiday discounts.

From The Wall Street Journal

Russian figure skating prodigy Kamila Valieva returns to competitive sport on Saturday hoping to roll back the years in a once promising career blighted by a doping scandal.

From Barron's

After Islamic State militants swept into Iraq in 2014 and captured Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, the Obama administration insisted that Maliki relinquish his post before it committed to helping the Iraqi military roll back the extremists.

From The Wall Street Journal

The fight started when the U.K.’s cash-strapped Treasury announced plans to roll back a Covid-era discount on a tax based on the size of a pub’s premises.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• abate
• curtail
• decrease
• dilute
• diminish
• dwindle
• ease
• erode
• impair
• lighten
• minimize
• mitigate
• narrow
• shrink
• slacken
• weaken