rolls back
Returns to earlier
Rolls back means to reverse or undo, returning something to an earlier state.
Governments roll back regulations, companies roll back prices, and software updates get rolled back when they cause problems.
The image is of something that had advanced or accumulated now being pushed backward: The legislature rolled back environmental protections enacted in the previous session.
Reverse or invalidate
- repealAnnul a statute
- rescindFormally cancel or withdraw
- revokeOfficially cancel authorization
- annulDeclare legally void
nullify · cancel · undo · retract · countermand · invalidate · abolish · void
Return to earlier condition
- undoReverse a prior action
- rollbackReturn to prior condition
- versionA distinct form
- updateNew version or information
patch · bug · fix · deployment · release · code · repository · commit
Revert to earlier state
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- backslideRevert to bad habits
- relapseReturn to former illness
- deteriorateGrow worse over time
decline · worsen · degenerate · slump · ebb · recede · retrogress · lose ground
overturn
Reverse or invalidate
annul · nullify · cancel · undo · retract · countermand · invalidate · abolish · void · negate
revert
Return to earlier condition
update · patch · bug · fix · deployment · release · code · repository · commit · changelog
regress
Revert to earlier state
deteriorate · decline · worsen · degenerate · slump · ebb · recede · retrogress · lose ground · setback
- comes backreturns, reappears, reemerges, recurs, comes around
rolls backimplements
Enacts or instruments
enacts · introduces · establishes · institutes · expands
rolls backadvances
Forward movements or progress
progresses · moves forward · forges ahead · develops · evolves
roll, rolls, rolled, rolling, roller, rollers, back, backs, backed