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marche arrière — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • reverse adj Opposite in position, direction, or order.

Senses

marche arrière is used for these senses in English:

  • U-turn (figuratively) A reversal of policy or opinion.
  • reverse The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards. (Denoted with symbol R on a shifter's labeling.) [from 19th c.]
  • volte-face A reversal of attitude, policy, or principle.

reverse — full definition

  1. adj Opposite in position, direction, or order.
  2. noun The opposite of something; the other side.
  3. noun The gear that makes a vehicle travel backward.
  4. verb To move backward, or to turn something to face the opposite way.

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