put back the clock

put back the clock

To revisit, recount, return to or recreate a time or era from the past. The purpose of this conference is to put back the clock by analyzing early human remains to try and gain insight into their way of life. The governor is bent on putting back the clock and returning us to the ethics of the 1950s.
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