Reversals (Across)

EXAMPLE: Send away pariah from the East (5) [1]

NOTE: The verbs on this list in present tense (RETURNS) also work as indicators in the past (RETURNED) and present participle (IS RETURNING) tenses.

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ABOUT

AFTER A U-TURN

ALL ABOUT

ALL OVER

ALL-AROUND

ALL-OVER

AROUND

BACK

BACK TO WHERE IT ALL STARTED

BACK-TO-FRONT 

BACKS 

BACKING

BACKSLIDE

BACKSLIDES

BACKTRACKS

BACKWARD 

BACKWARDS

BEATS BACK

BEATS OFF

BLOWBACK?

BLOWS BACK

BOOMERANGS

BOUNCES BACK

BRINGS ABOUT 

CAPSIZES

COMES AROUND

COMES AROUND TO

COMES BACK

COMES OVER

CONTRARY

CONTRARYWISE

CONVERSE

CONVERSELY

COUNTER (as a noun)

COUNTERS

DOES A 180

DOUBLES BACK

DRIVES BACK

FIGHTS BACK

FLIPS

FORCES INTO RETREAT

FROM THE EAST 

FROM THE RIGHT 

GOES AROUND 

GOES BACK 

GOES BACK TO BEGINNING

GOES THE OTHER WAY

GOES WEST 

GOING AROUND (like a disease)

HEADS BACK

HEADS OVER

HEADS WEST

INVERSION

INVERTS

INVERTED

LEFT

LEFT ON THE MAP

LEFT-LEANING

LEFTIST?

LEFTOVER

LOOKS BACK

LOOKS OVER

MAKES A COMEBACK

MAKES A U-TURN

ON THE REBOUND

OVER

OVERALL

OVERTHROWS

OVERTURNS

PUTS BACK

REARS

REBOUNDS

REBUTS

RECEDES

RECOILS

REDIRECTS

REFLECTS

REFLECTION

REGRESSES

REGRESSION

REJECTS

REPELS

REPULSES

REPULSION

REPULSIVE

RETIRES

RETRACTS

RETRACTION

RETREAT (as a noun)

RETREATS

RETRO

RETROGRADE 

RETROSPECTIVE

RETURNS

REVERSAL

REVERSES

REVOLUTION

REVOLUTIONARY

REVOLVES

REVULSION

ROLLS BACK

ROTATES

ROUNDS ON

RUNS CONTRARY TO

SENDS BACK 

SENDS OVER

SETBACK

SHOOTS BACK

SPINS

SURGES

TAKEN ABACK

TAKES BACK

THROWBACK

THROWS BACK

TO THE LEFT

TURNAROUND

TURNS

TURNS AROUND

TURNS AWAY

TURNS BACK

TURNS ON HIS HEELS

TURNS OVER

TURNOVER

TWIRLS

UPON MY RETURN

UPON RETURNING

WESTBOUND

WHAT GOES AROUND

WHEELS

WITHDRAWN

WITHDRAWS

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[1]  REPEL (R)

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