"set one's watch back" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sets one's watch back [present, singular, third-person], setting one's watch back [participle, present], set one's watch back [participle, past], set one's watch back [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> one's watch back}} set one's watch back (third-person singular simple present sets one's watch back, present participle setting one's watch back, simple past and past participle set one's watch back)
  1. (chiefly imperative, idiomatic) To ponder or experience a past time. Tags: idiomatic, imperative
    Sense id: en-set_one's_watch_back-en-verb-SrQdyKeh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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