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Went Backwards Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "REVERSED" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Turned inside out and resewn
- • Turned about in order or relation verb
- • To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- • To turn something inside out or upside down.
- • To transpose the positions of two things.
- • To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- • To return, come back.
- • To turn away; to cause to depart.
- • To cause to return; to recall.
- • To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- • To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
- • To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- • To place a set of points in the reverse position
- • (of points) to move from the normal position to the reverse position
- • To overthrow; to subvert. adjective
- • Turned or changed to the contrary; inside out.
- • Resupinate.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The reversed order of the letters in that word is incorrect."
- • "She wore a reversed jacket, with the lining on the outside."
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