"put the genie back in the bottle" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puts the genie back in the bottle",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting the genie back in the bottle",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put the genie back in the bottle",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put the genie back in the bottle",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "put<,,put> the genie back in the bottle"
      },
      "expansion": "put the genie back in the bottle (third-person singular simple present puts the genie back in the bottle, present participle putting the genie back in the bottle, simple past and past participle put the genie back in the bottle)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "People are very worried about artificial intelligence, but there's no way now to put the genie back in the bottle.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To revert a situation; to put things back as they were before something (usually an unwelcome thing) became a reality."
      ],
      "id": "en-put_the_genie_back_in_the_bottle-en-verb-T5fkTvsU",
      "links": [
        [
          "revert",
          "revert"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the negative"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "genie is out of the bottle"
        },
        {
          "word": "unring a bell"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "put the cork back in the bottle"
        },
        {
          "word": "put the toothpaste back in the tube"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "put the genie back in the bottle"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "puts the genie back in the bottle",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "putting the genie back in the bottle",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put the genie back in the bottle",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "put the genie back in the bottle",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "put<,,put> the genie back in the bottle"
      },
      "expansion": "put the genie back in the bottle (third-person singular simple present puts the genie back in the bottle, present participle putting the genie back in the bottle, simple past and past participle put the genie back in the bottle)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "genie is out of the bottle"
    },
    {
      "word": "unring a bell"
    }
  ],
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        "English idioms",
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English negative polarity items",
        "English terms with usage examples",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "People are very worried about artificial intelligence, but there's no way now to put the genie back in the bottle.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To revert a situation; to put things back as they were before something (usually an unwelcome thing) became a reality."
      ],
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        ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the negative"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "put the cork back in the bottle"
    },
    {
      "word": "put the toothpaste back in the tube"
    }
  ],
  "word": "put the genie back in the bottle"
}