turn the clock back
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English Dictionaryturn the clock backIf you try to turn the clock back, you want things to be the way they were in the past. [TahlilGaran] Advanced Learner's Dictionary ▲
Idiomsturn the clock backput/turn the clock backto 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)
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turn the clock backto return to an earlier period
The politician wanted to turn the clock back to an earlier time but everyone knew it was impossible.
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turn the clock back v. phr. To return to an earlier period.
Mother wished she could turn the clock back to the days before the children grew up and left home. Will repealing the minimum wage for workers under age eighteen turn the clock back to the abuses of the last century? [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲