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put the clocks back

put the clocks back is the alternative form of put the clock back.

Meaning of put the clock back

Verb

put the clock back (third-person singular simple present puts the clock back, present participle putting the clock back, simple past and past participle put the clock back)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To change the time in a time zone to an earlier time, e.g. for the end of daylight saving time.
    • Don't forget that this Sunday we put the clocks back an hour.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To put something back to the state it was in a previous era.
    • He wants to turn the clock back to the 1950s.

Forms of put the clocks back

third-person singular presentputs the clocks back
present participleputting the clocks back
past participleput the clocks back
pastput the clocks back

Questions about put the clocks back

What is put the clocks back the alternative form of?
Put the clocks back is the alternative form of put the clock back.

Words near put the clocks back in the dictionary

  1. put the case
  2. put the cat among the pigeons
  3. put the change on someone
  4. put the clock back
  5. put the clock forward
  6. put the clocks back
  7. put the cork back in the bottle
  8. put the dead wood on
  9. put the fear of God into
  10. put the feedbag on
  11. put the finger on

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