revert to sth
— phrasal verb with revert uk/rɪˈvɜːt/us/rɪˈvɝːt/verb
C2 to return to doing, using, being, or referring to something, usually something bad or less satisfactory:
Why does the conversation have to revert to money every five minutes?
[ + -ing verb ] When they divorced, she reverted to using her maiden name.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Repeating an action
- bring
- bring sth back
- circle
- come/go/turn full circle idiom
- comeback
- do sth over
- eye
- iterative
- keep on doing sth
- keep your eye in idiom
- performance
- practice
- repeat
- revert
- revisit
- there you go again idiom
- warm
- warm sth over
- warmed-over
- wave
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