roll backwards
Frequency: 6.05.5 per million words
To turn over and over while moving in a backward direction.
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- The ball started to roll backwards down the gentle slope.
- Without the handbrake on, the car began to roll backwards out of the parking space.
- The child laughed as he learned to roll backwards on the grassy hill.
- I watched the empty bottle roll backwards to the other end of the train car.
- If you tilt the ramp too steeply, the marble will roll backwards.
- He lost his balance and started to roll backwards down the dune.
- The toy soldier is designed to march forward and then roll backwards.
- The cylinder, pushed by the wind, began to roll backwards across the pavement.
- Be careful not to let your office chair roll backwards into the filing cabinet.
- In gymnastics class, the first skill we learned was how to roll backwards safely.