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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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