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rolled back the years

rolled back the years is the simple past and past participle of roll back the years.

Meaning of roll back the years

Verb

roll back the years (third-person singular simple present rolls back the years, present participle rolling back the years, simple past and past participle rolled back the years)

  1. (idiomatic) To produce a sense of nostalgia.
  2. (idiomatic) To demonstrate a performance later in life as good as in one's prime.
    • Pires, a three-time Cup winner with Arsenal who scored the Gunners' winner against Southampton in the 2003 final, has been a largely peripheral figure at Villa Park since joining in November - but the 37-year-old rolled back the years with a fine finish from Delfouneso's knockdown.2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Aston Villa 3 - 1 Blackburn”, in BBC

Questions about rolled back the years

What is rolled back the years the simple past and past participle of?
Rolled back the years is the simple past and past participle of roll back the years.

Words near rolled back the years in the dictionary

  1. rolled
  2. rolled about
  3. rolled around
  4. rolled away
  5. rolled back
  6. rolled back the years
  7. rolled coal
  8. rolled deep
  9. rolled down
  10. rolled fillet
  11. rolled fillets

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