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Blueblooded65 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

his dream got reversed

hi
imagine someone is slept and dreams an event.
but when he gets up, its reverse happens.
how do you say it?
do you say, "his dream got reversed"?
or "his dream happened reversely"? or... ?
  

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When your dream happens in real life, we say your dream came true. I do not know of any expression for the reverse, so you can say it any way you think will express the thought. You might say that the opposite of your dream came true.

  • When your dream happens in real life, we say your dream came true.
  • I do not know of any expression for the reverse, so you can say it any way you think will express the thought.
  • You might say that the opposite of your dream came true.
  • Your suggestion of "dream got reversed" is OK, but not "dream happened reversely" because "in reverse" is the adverbial form of "reverse".
  • You could say your dream came true in reverse.
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When your dream happens in real life, we say your dream came true. I do not know of any expression for the reverse, so you can say it any way you think will express the thought. You might say that the opposite of your dream came true. Your suggestion of "dream got reversed" is OK, but not "dream happened reversely" because "in reverse" is the adverbial form of "reverse". You could say your dream c

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