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  • 11put back the clock — or[turn back the clock] {v. phr.} To go back in time; relive the past. * /If I could put back the clock I d give more thought to preparing for a career./ * /Richard wishes that he had lived in frontier days, but he can t turn back the clock./ …

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  • 12put back the clock — or[turn back the clock] {v. phr.} To go back in time; relive the past. * /If I could put back the clock I d give more thought to preparing for a career./ * /Richard wishes that he had lived in frontier days, but he can t turn back the clock./ …

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  • 13put back into — phr verb Put back into is used with these nouns as the object: ↑lead …

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  • 14put back the clock — ► turn (or put) back the clock return to the past or to a previous way of doing things. Main Entry: ↑clock …

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  • 15put back — Synonyms and related words: about ship, aggravate, back and fill, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, beat back, beat off, block, box off, break, bring about, bring back, bring round, brush off, cant, cant round, cast, cast… …

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  • 16put back up — get/put (someone s) back up informal to do or say something which annoys someone. She put my back up immediately by interrupting everything I said …

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  • 17put back — he put the books back Syn: replace, return, restore, put away …

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  • 18put back — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. bring back, make restitution (for), put in (its) place; see replace 1 , return 2 …

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  • 19put back on the rails — put (something) back on the rails British be back on the rails to be making progress once more. With this new album, he hopes to put his career back on the rails …

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  • 20put back on track — put/get (someone/something) back on track on track if an activity or a situation is on track, it is making progress and is likely to achieve something. Victory in New Hampshire put the President s failing election campaign back on track …

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