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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of rewind.

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Examples

  • The central bank governor has come under a lot of pressure after stating the blindingly obvious yesterday that if the foreign loans are "rewound" back to the original amount then the banks will be in big trouble.

    Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2010

  • The edited photo can easily be 'rewound' back to its original state, regardless when or how much editing has taken place.

    VersionTracker: Mac OS X 2009

  • The edited photo can easily be 'rewound' back to its original state, regardless when or how much editing has taken place.

    VersionTracker: Mac OS X 2008

  • With Funtastic Photos, photos aren't permanently changed; they can be changed, changed again, undone, changed and then "rewound" to their original state.

    Macsimum News 2008

  • There is something Jurassic about the place, with layers of rainforest lining the mainland and shrouds of limestone precipices piercing low lying clouds, you can't help but feel as though time has been rewound by thousands of years.

    Maria Russo: The Seductive Serenity of Krabi, Thailand Maria Russo 2011

  • There is something Jurassic about the place, with layers of rainforest lining the mainland and shrouds of limestone precipices piercing low lying clouds, you can't help but feel as though time has been rewound by thousands of years.

    Maria Russo: The Seductive Serenity of Krabi, Thailand Maria Russo 2011

  • I think I rewound it four times last time i played it.

    L-Vis 1990 Q&A 2011

  • The question is not what's required, it's what would appear if the tape was rewound.

    Coyne: Appearance of Human Intelligence Contingent 2009

  • As soon as Howard stormed out the door she rewound the recording to find out.

    beepbeepbeep Katie Moore 2012

  • There is something Jurassic about the place, with layers of rainforest lining the mainland and shrouds of limestone precipices piercing low lying clouds, you can't help but feel as though time has been rewound by thousands of years.

    Maria Russo: The Seductive Serenity of Krabi, Thailand Maria Russo 2011

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