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put the clock back idiom(alsoturn the clock back, rewind the clock, wind the clock back) to make things the same as they were at an earlier time: 倒退;倒行逆施;复古 The court's decision on this case will put the clock back 50 years.法庭对这个案子的判决简直是将历史车轮倒退了50年。 If I could turn the clock back and do things differently, I would.要是我能让时间倒流,换个方式做事情,我倒是很愿意。 I'm sure she wishes she could rewind the clock now. We can't rewind the clock back to 2016. He said the unions want to wind the clock back to the 1970s. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Remembering, reminding and reminders aide-mémoire annal awaken someone to something be engraved on someone's memory/mindidiom be etched on/in someone's memoryidiom commit echo if my memory serves me rightidiom imprint in commemoration of someone/something indelible jog someone's memoryidiom recall remind someone of something/someone reminder reminisce reminiscence reminiscent shade stamp
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