rewind

[ree-wahynd, ree-wahynd] / riˈwaɪnd, ˈriˌwaɪnd /

VERB

wind back

Synonyms

STRONGEST

back up reverse undo

STRONG

backpedal backtrack retract

WEAK

cancel dismantle invalidate invert retreat upend

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fast forward

WEAK

proceed

Example Sentences

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To rewind the tape, the court held that the NCAA’s restrictions on education-related benefits for student athletes violated federal antitrust laws.

From The Wall Street Journal

This fantasy chat plays out in all its white cluelessness as the sitcom rewinds and repeats on mute.

From Los Angeles Times

We can’t rewind the tape without the war to see if its warning was valid.

From The Wall Street Journal

I wish I could rewind to last weekend so I could study even harder, stay even more focused, refuse to take a break when Mom insisted.

From Literature

This will be a tale of crime and punishment told in flashback, rewinding to Becket’s mother, an heiress excised from an eleven-figure fortune for giving birth as an unwed teenager.

From Los Angeles Times