revert to

phrasal verb

reverted to; reverting to; reverts to

1

: to go back or return to (an earlier state, condition, situation, etc.)

She has reverted (back) to her old habits.

My blood pressure has reverted to normal.

After playing badly in the last two games, he seems to have reverted to (is previous) form.

2

law, of property : to be given to (a former owner or a former owner's heir)

The estate reverted to a distant cousin.

Examples of revert to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Under the Biden administration, the U.S. reverted to a business as usual stance vis-à-vis the WHO and continued to be its largest funder. —Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025

Third, if the vice president comes to be seen as reverting to pre-Mondale levels of status and achievement, the office may become less attractive to prospective vice-presidential candidates. —Roy Brownell, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2025

Does the music industry instantly revert to the prehistoric epoch of 2017—will Snapchat become the hottest major label scouting ground? —Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025

Indeed, overgrowing mutant clones in mice have been seen to revert to normal growth, as Jones and a co-author describe in the 2023 Annual Review of Cancer Biology. —Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025