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turn the clock back
Idioms and Phrases
see set back , def. 3.Example Sentences
“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.
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?
We can’t turn the clock back and alter the 2024 outcome, but these contrasting polls reveal important truths.
In mitigation, the court heard Gokool-Mely was remorseful and wished to "turn the clock back".
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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