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put back the clock

[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

turn the clock back

[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

around the clock

[around the clock] also [the clock around] {adv. phr.} For 24 hours a day continuously all day and all night. * /The factory operated around the clock until the order […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

back

[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