ADJ

exact

VERB + REVERSE

do
If you tell children to do something, they will often do the exact reverse

PREP

on the ~ (= on the opposite side)
The coin has a date on one side and the emperor's head on the reverse

VERB + REVERSE

put sth in/into, throw sth into
I put the car in reverse

REVERSE + NOUN

gear

ADJ

major, serious

VERB + REVERSE

experience, have, meet with, suffer
Their forces have suffered serious reverses in recent months

ADV

carefully
She carefully reversed the lorry up the narrow driveway
slowly
in, out

PREP

into
The car reversed into a hedge
out of
He reversed slowly out of the garage

ADV

dramatically, radically
completely, exactly, totally
The decline in this industry has now been completely reversed
almost
partially, partly
simply
To solve the puzzle, simply reverse the order of the numbers
quickly, rapidly
suddenly

VERB + REVERSE

seek to, try to
fail to