roll back

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]

Example Sentences

So, in fairness to them, that’s a tough balance to walk, but also they have decided to roll back some of these systems that they had in place, and that is a choice they made.

From Slate

In March, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s plans to roll back more than 30 environmental regulations that he said were stifling American energy production and driving up costs for consumers, including the endangerment finding.

From Los Angeles Times

Before his China trip, Prabowo said over the weekend that he would roll back perks for lawmakers - one of the core complaints of the protesters.

From BBC

Florida and Texas made a quiet move last week that could have huge implications nationwide: Their attorneys general asked to join a federal lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration that seeks to drastically roll back access to the main abortion drug, mifepristone.

From Slate

United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Brook Rollins said the agency will publish a notice of intent in the Federal Register on Friday to roll back the so-called Roadless Rule, initiating a 21-day public comment period and moving the process closer to reality.

From Los Angeles Times

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