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put the clock back en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To change the time in a time zone to an earlier time, e.g. for the end of daylight saving time.
    • Don't forget that this Sunday we put the clocks back an hour.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To put something back to the state it was in a previous era.
    • He wants to turn the clock back to the 1950s.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
put the clock back Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put the clock back Tense=Past lexicographic
put the clocks back alternative lexicographic
puts the clock back Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
putting the clock back Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

put the clock forward

Synonyms

turn back the clock · turn the clocks back