"turn the clock back" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "turns the clock back",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turning the clock back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turned the clock back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turned the clock back",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "turn back the clock"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, J. G. Thirlwell (lyrics and music), “(not adam)”, in Love, performed by Foetus",
          "text": "If I could move a mountain\nIf I could make the sky turn black\nIf I could turn the clock back\nTo when I heard your neck go snap",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of turn back the clock"
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  "word": "turn the clock back"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "turns the clock back",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turning the clock back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turned the clock back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turned the clock back",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "turn the clock back (third-person singular simple present turns the clock back, present participle turning the clock back, simple past and past participle turned the clock back)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "turn back the clock"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "2005, J. G. Thirlwell (lyrics and music), “(not adam)”, in Love, performed by Foetus",
          "text": "If I could move a mountain\nIf I could make the sky turn black\nIf I could turn the clock back\nTo when I heard your neck go snap",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of turn back the clock"
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          "turn back the clock#English"
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  "word": "turn the clock back"
}