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roll back the years en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To produce a sense of nostalgia.
  2. (idiomatic) To demonstrate a performance later in life as good as in one's prime.
    • Pires, a three-time Cup winner with Arsenal who scored the Gunners' winner against Southampton in the 2003 final, has been a largely peripheral figure at Villa Park since joining in November - but the 37-year-old rolled back the years with a fine finish from Delfouneso's knockdown. 2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Aston Villa 3 - 1 Blackburn”, in BBC:

Forms

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rolled back the years Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rolled back the years Tense=Past lexicographic
rolls back the years Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rolling back the years Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic