Reverse gear

/ɹɪvˈɜːs ɡˈiə/

/ɹɪvˈɜːs ɡˈɪɹ/

Reverse gear

the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed

synonyms : reverse

Examples

1. "I don't have a reverse gear."

2. Having been called up, the images from the 360° camera are selected automatically by going into reverse gear.

3. Way back in 2003, taxi driver Harpreet Dev was driving home late one night in northern India, when his Fiat Padmini got stuck in reverse gear.

4. Instead of getting his car fixed, what if he modified the gearbox to have four reverse gears and only one forward gear?