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词组 roll back
释义 roll back
  1. roll back sthroll sth back to reduce the power or influence of a system, government etc, which has been increasing too much:
    Republican senators talked of rolling back communist influence in Asia.
    reforms aimed at rolling back state control of the economy
    SIMILAR TO: ↑reduce
  2. roll sth backroll back sth AmE if the government or someone in authority rolls back something, they reduce the price of it:
    The Senate voted to roll back the gas tax by 5 cents a gallon.
    SIMILAR TO: ↑reduce, ↑cut
  3. roll back sb/sthroll sb/sth back to force an enemy army to move back from its position:
    Von Ludendorff's army pressed forward in the hope of rolling back the British to the Channel.
    SIMILAR TO: ↑push back
  4. roll back the years to make people remember something good that happened in the past, especially by doing something similar in the present:
    With such wonderful performances at the age of 40, Jimmy Connors can still roll back the years and reach into his glorious past.
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