After he was out of prison, he reverted to a life of crime.
•She quickly reverted to her childhood dialect after a few weeks at home.
2. to become the property of someone, a group, or an institution. •At the end of ten years, this house and the land it sits on reverts to the youngest living child.
•Then the property reverts to the state.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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