put back the clock
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He said the broadcaster “accepts it cannot put back the clock and wishes to express its genuine remorse for the harm it has caused” Mr. McAlpine.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2012
"But you can't put back the clock, old fellow," said Quintan.
From Love, the Fiddler by Osbourne, Lloyd
To appeal would be to put back the clock of the Native Affairs Department for many years.
From Native Life in South Africa by Plaatje, Sol (Solomon Tshekisho)
It is entirely logical, and no more marvellous, that science should be able to arrest senescence, put back the clock.
From Black Oxen by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
"I'm going to put back the clock of Time," he said, with a feeble chuckle.
From The Hand in the Dark by Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John)
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