How do I uncrop a PDF in Preview?

I cropped a single page PDF to be able to print a portion of it, and now I'm having trouble seeing the whole page again when I reopen it in preview. Any suggestions?

I found a solution! Zoom out so you can have what would be the whole page in view. Use the selection tool to select an area at least as big as the original page. Recrop the image to the new selection, and voilà! The page will be back to the original size. Seems like it would be nice to have the option restore the page to the original dimensions somehow.

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