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
Stenson waited on us, grave and imperturbable as if we had put back the clock of time a twelvemonth.
From The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel by Locke, William John
The sight of Charles Verity did indeed put back the clock for her in most astounding sort.
From Deadham Hard by Malet, Lucas
But we may not put back the clock, and, if by differentiation we lose something, we gain much.
From Ancient Art and Ritual by Harrison, Jane Ellen
He was derided as a pseudo-primitive, and hated as one who would subvert the great tradition by trying to put back the clock four hundred years.
From Art by Bell, Clive
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