"put the toothpaste back in the tube" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: puts the toothpaste back in the tube [present, singular, third-person], putting the toothpaste back in the tube [participle, present], put the toothpaste back in the tube [participle, past], put the toothpaste back in the tube [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> the toothpaste back in the tube}} put the toothpaste back in the tube (third-person singular simple present puts the toothpaste back in the tube, present participle putting the toothpaste back in the tube, simple past and past participle put the toothpaste back in the tube)
  1. (idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To revert a situation; to put things back as they were before something (usually an unwelcome thing) became a reality. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: put the cork back in the bottle, put the genie back in the bottle
    Sense id: en-put_the_toothpaste_back_in_the_tube-en-verb-T5fkTvsU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English negative polarity items

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