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turn the clock back



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Idioms and Phrases

see set back , def. 3.
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“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.

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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?

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We can’t turn the clock back and alter the 2024 outcome, but these contrasting polls reveal important truths.

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In mitigation, the court heard Gokool-Mely was remorseful and wished to "turn the clock back".

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Board of Education and recognized racially segregated schools as unconstitutional: “We cannot turn the clock back to 1868,†the court wrote with reference to the adoption of the 14th Amendment, “or even to 1896 when Plessy v. Ferguson was written.â€

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