🇬🇧 Reverse meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To reverse means to make a car, bus, or any vehicle move backwards instead of forwards. When you reverse, you slowly look behind you (or in mirrors) and carefully drive the vehicle the opposite way you were going before.

The driving instructor said, "Use your mirrors," so I reversed very carefully while admiring my extremely worried face in them.

I tried to reverse our toy car, but it decided to reverse my dignity and flip onto its roof instead.

My brother tried to reverse into the garage, missed, and politely parked in the garden instead, next to the carrots.

My uncle tried to reverse into a parking space, but he accidentally reversed into a very offended bush.

I accidentally hit the button and the toy car kept reversing in circles like it was trying to go back in time.

At a small park a driver sees a child run after a ball into the road. People shout. The driver must reverse. He tries to reverse slowly. The ball rolls under the car. He asks a friend to reverse. The friend will reverse the car a bit more. They reverse again and the child grabs the ball, crying then smiling.

This word is at the B2 level, which means it’s used in more complex conversations and texts. It helps you discuss abstract ideas, express opinions clearly, and engage in discussions on a variety of topics, both personal and professional.

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