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Put the clock back
Verb
Definitions
1.
Verb
To change the time in a time zone to an earlier time, e.g. for the end of daylight saving time.
"Don't forget that this Sunday we put the clocks back an hour."
2.
Verb
To put something back to the state it was in a previous era.
"He wants to turn the clock back to the 1950s."
Synonyms
turn the clock back
wind back the clock
fall back
turn back the clock
downclock
turn back
run the clock down
set back
stop someone's clock
backstep
throw back
underclock
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