turn back the clock

See: PUT BACK THE CLOCK.

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[back] See: [BACK OF] or [IN BACK OF], [BEHIND ONE'S BACK], [BRUSH BACK], [COME BACK], [CUT BACK], [DOUBLE BACK], [DRAW BACK], [DROP BACK]. [EYES IN THE BACK OF ONE'S HEAD], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[put back the clock] or [turn back the clock] {v. phr.} To go back in time; relive the past. * /If I could put back the clock I'd give more […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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