roll back
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roll back
verb rolls back · rolling back · rolled back
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To return to a prior state.
We had to roll back the changes to the database because of an unforeseen error.
Similar: restore, restitute, deconvert, reconvert, rehabilitate, revert, roll back
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To postpone.
NASA will roll back the shuttle launch due to bad weather.
Similar: delay, retard, adjourn, avert, defer, dilly-dally, draw out, extend, forslow, forestall, forestay, kick into the long grass
- To reduce thrust without having been commanded to do so. In the previous tests, it was suspected that the volume of fuel contained in pipework had effects, both in the time taken for the restriction to affect engine performance and the nature of the fuel flow fluctuations after the engine had rolled back. Therefore, it was decided that the restriction wou
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To retreat.
Similar: fall back, withdraw, back away, back down, balk, beat a retreat, bug out, crawfish, decline, draw back, pull out, recede
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| Español | revertir |
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