How do I Reverse Grow/Shrink?

Sorry, this has to be pretty simple, but I can't figure it out for some reason. I've been using the Help pdf too.
I want to reverse my Grow/Shrink behavior at a specific point in my timeline. I have a video grow from a little square to cover the whole screen, but I want it to return to the little square size after it's grown to full. I can't do this.
I tried putting the Reverse bahavior on, and it has the little square start off covering the whole screen and then shrink down. When I tried trimming the the reverse to the specific point where I wanted the full to shrink back, nothing happened. It just grew out and stayed big.
How do I reverse a behavior from a certain point on?
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