roll back sth
— phrasal verb with roll uk/rəʊl/us/roʊl/verb
to limit or reduce the effects of a particular arrangement:
He wants to roll back laws designed to clean up the air, water and land.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming and making smaller or less
- a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- dive
- drain
- let sth down
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- minimize
- shrink
- slash
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- tail off
- take a tumble idiom
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