"put the clock back" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-put the clock back.ogg [Australia] Forms: puts the clock back [present, singular, third-person], putting the clock back [participle, present], put the clock back [participle, past], put the clock back [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> the clock back}} put the clock back (third-person singular simple present puts the clock back, present participle putting the clock back, simple past and past participle put the clock back)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To change the time in a time zone to an earlier time, e.g. for the end of daylight saving time. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-put_the_clock_back-en-verb-TCHhQ7D3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To put something back to the state it was in a previous era. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: turn back the clock, turn the clocks back, put the clocks back Related terms: put the clock forward
    Sense id: en-put_the_clock_back-en-verb-IAth9hbh

Alternative forms

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