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put/turn the clock back

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put/turn the clock back

to make things the same as they were at an earlier time. The court's decision has put the clock back a hundred years. Let's turn back the clock to 1963 and listen to the Beatles singing 'Love, love me do'. (often + to)

See also: back, clock, turn

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