turn the clock back in English
go back to the hour which just passed; go back to the past
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1. 22 You can never turn the clock back.
2. We will turn the clock back to those days of upheaval.
3. The new censorship law will turn the clock back 50 years.
4. The court's decision on this case will turn the clock back fifty years.
5. As Solomon noted, there is no wisdom in unrealistically dwelling on the past, since it is evident that we cannot turn the clock back.