put the/(one's) clock(s) back
put the/(one's) clock(s) back
To adjust the time on one's clock(s) back by one hour to account for the end of daylight saving time. Don't forget to put your clock back tonight. I hate having to put the clocks back every autumn, it's such an antiquated custom.
See also: back, put
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
put/turn the ˈclock back
return to the past; return to old-fashioned ideas, customs, etc: Sometimes I wish I could turn the clock back to my days as a student. These new restrictions on medical research will undoubtedly put the clock back (by) 20 years.See also: back, clock, put, turn
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- break one's neck, to
- come back and see us
- arrive back
- carry (one) back
- carry back
- be/go back to square one
- back
- back at (something or some place)
- back to square one
- back to the salt mines