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