put back the clock

Idioms  

1. see set back, def. 3.

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Example Sentences

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 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

“Why, you’ve put back the clock a quarter of a century for me, dear,” he declared.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram

"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)

Let us then put back the clock of history again to the year 1450, when Jack Cade’s rebellion peopled Blackheath with a menacing host.

From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Harper, Charles G.