roll back
phrasal verbroll something back
to to reduce the power or importance of something; to reverse the progress made with something 降低,削减(价格等) Many of the gains made in the last 20 years have been rolled back. 过去20年来取得的许多成就都被收回了。
to push something further away 击退;使后退 - (figurative)
to roll back the frontiers of space 拓展太空领域
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to reduce prices, etc. 降低,削减(价格等) to roll back inflation 降低通货膨胀