reverse gear

Noun

Meaning

the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

reverse back backing reversal turn back back off revers reverses in reverse turning back Backed up getting worse first idler gear rear gear reverse speed

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Antonyms

development increase develop rise sequence forward

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Hypernyms

gear gear mechanism

Examples

I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear. Tony Blair

Absolute atheism starts in an act of faith in reverse gear and is a full-blown religious commitment. Here we have the first internal inconsistency of contemporary atheism: it proclaims that all religion must necessarily vanish away, and it is itself a religious phenomenon. Jacques Maritain

Close letter words and terms

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