词汇 | put the clock back |
释义 | Idiom put the clock backput/turn the clock back to make things the same as they were at an earlier time.The court's decision has put the clock back a hundred years.Let's turn back the clock to 1963 and listen to the Beatles singing 'Love, love me do'. (often + to)put the/(one's) clock(s) backTo adjust the time on one's clock(s) back by one hour to account for the end of daylight saving time. Don't forget to put your clock back tonight. I hate having to put the clocks back every autumn, it's such an antiquated custom. put/turn the ˈclock backreturn to the past; return to old-fashioned ideas, customs, etc: Sometimes I wish I could turn the clock back to my days as a student.These new restrictions on medical research will undoubtedly put the clock back (by) 20 years. |
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