set back the clock

set back the clock

To revisit, recount, return to, or recreate a time or era from the past. The purpose of this conference is to set back the clock by analyzing remains of early human and trying to gain insight into their way of life. The governor is bent on setting back the clock and returning us to the ethics of the 1950s. I'd love to set back the clock to when I was a kid. It was such a happy, carefree time in my life.

See also: back, clock, set

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