Reversals (Down)

EXAMPLE: Send away pariah from the South (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

ARISES

AROUND

ASCENDANT

ASCENDS

ASCENT

BACK

BACK TO WHERE IT ALL STARTED

BACK-TO-FRONT

BACKS

BACKSLIDES

BACKTRACKS

BACKWARD

BACKWARDS

BEATS BACK

BEATS OFF

BLOWBACK?

BLOWS BACK

BOOMERANGS

BOOSTS

BOUNCES BACK

BRINGS ABOUT 

BRINGS UP

CAPSIZES

CASTS UP

CLIMBS

COMES AROUND

COMES AROUND TO

COMES BACK

COMES OVER

COMES UP

CONTRARY

CONTRARYWISE

CONVERSE

CONVERSELY

COUNTER (as a noun)

COUNTERS

DOES A 180

DOUBLES BACK

DRIVES BACK

ELEVATED

ELEVATES

ERECTS

FIGHTS BACK

FLIPS

FORCES INTO RETREAT

FROM BELOW

FROM DEEP DOWN

FROM THE BOTTOM

FROM THE SOUTH

GET-UP

GETS A RAISE

GETS UP

GOES AROUND 

GOES BACK 

GOES BACK TO BEGINNING

GOES NORTH

GOES THE OTHER WAY

GOES UP

GOES UP IN MY ESTIMATION 

GOING AROUND (like a disease)

HAULS UP

HEADS BACK

HEADS NORTH

HEADS OVER

HEADS UP (as in “leading”)

TO THE HEAVENS

HEAVENWARD

HIGHER-PROFILE

HIKEs

HOISTs

IN UPHEAVAL

INVERSION

INVERTS

INVERTED

LIFTS

LIFTS OFF

LOOKS BACK

LOOKS OVER

LOOKS UP (as in “from your work”)

LOOKS UP (as in “in the dictionary”)

MAKES A COMEBACK

MAKES A U-TURN

MOUNTS

MOVES UP

MOVIN’ ON UP

NORTHBOUND

ON THE REBOUND

ON THE RISE

ON THE UPSWING

OVER

OVERALL

OVERTHROWS

OVERTURNS

PUTS BACK

RAISES

REARE

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

ON THE RISE

RISES

RISES UP

ROCKETS

ROCKETING UPWARD

ROLLS BACK

ROTATES

ROUNDS ON

RUNS CONTRARY TO

SENDS BACK 

SENDS OVER

SEND-UP?

SENDS UP

SETBACK

SHOOTS BACK

SHOWS UP

SKYWARD

SPINS

SURGES

TAKEN ABACK

TAKES BACK

TAKES FLIGHT

TAKES OFF

THROWBACK

THROWS BACK

TO THE HEAVENS

TO THE SKY

TO THE STARS

TURNAROUND

TURNS

TURNS AROUND

TURNS AWAY

TURNS BACK

TURNS OVER

TURNOVER

TURNS UP

TURNED ON HIS HEELS

TWIRLS

UP

UPENDS

UPGRADES

UPHEAVAL

UPLIFTING

UPLIFTS

UPON MY RETURN

UPON RETURNING

UPS

UPRIGHT

UPRISES

UPSET

UPSETS

UPSTREAM

UPSURGES

UPSWEEPS

UPSWINGS

UPTICK

UPTURN

UPWARD BOUND

UPWARDLY MOBILE

UPWARDS

ON THE WAY UP

WELLS UP

WHAT GOES AROUND

WHEELS

WHEN THINGS ARE LOOKING UP

WITHDRAWS

WORKS ITS WAY UPWARDS

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[1]  REPEL (R)

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