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rolling back the years

rolling back the years is the present 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 rolling back the years

What is rolling back the years the present participle of?
Rolling back the years is the present participle of roll back the years.

Words near rolling back the years in the dictionary

  1. rolling about
  2. rolling around
  3. rolling average
  4. rolling away
  5. rolling back
  6. rolling back the years
  7. rolling backup
  8. rolling backups
  9. rolling blackout
  10. rolling blackouts
  11. rolling block

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