turn the clock back

Idioms  

1. see set back, def. 3.

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Example Sentences

Sheriff Mann said nothing he could do could turn the clock back and change the consequences of the crash for the passengers.

From BBC

Former model Chloe Thomas agrees, saying products promising to slim and sculpt the face "turn the clock back on any progress we might have been making with body image acceptance".

From BBC

"A lot of people have spoken about the volume of Chinese players in the later stages but if you turn the clock back 10 years this Tour was predominantly players from England and the other home nations," added Ferguson.

From BBC

“This is an ideological crusade trying to turn the clock back. They are trying to establish the principle that there’s no duty to respect trans people,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

For conservationists, the ferocious Franklin fire and other recent blazes raise a burning question: Is it possible to break this feedback loop and turn the clock back on an increasingly flammable ecosystem?

From Los Angeles Times