wind back the clock (English, verb)
expansion: wind back the clock (third-person singular simple present winds back the clock, present participle winding back the clock, simple past and past participle wound back the clock)
Senses:
glosses: To return in time to an earlier period of history.
tags: figuratively
idiomatic
Forms:
form: winds back the clock
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: winding back the clock
tags: participle
present
form: wound back the clock
tags: participle
past
form: wound back the clock
tags: past
form: wind the clock back
tags: alternative