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sets one's watch back

sets one's watch back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set one's watch back.

Meaning of set one's watch back

Verb

set one's watch back (third-person singular simple present sets one's watch back, present participle setting one's watch back, simple past and past participle set one's watch back)

  1. (idiomatic, imperative) To ponder or experience a past time.
    • Set your watch back to 1773, as I explain what happened at the Boston Tea Party.

Questions about sets one's watch back

What is sets one's watch back the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sets one's watch back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set one's watch back.

Words near sets one's watch back in the dictionary

  1. sets one's hair on fire
  2. sets one's hand to
  3. sets one's heart on
  4. sets one's shoulder to the wheel
  5. sets one's sights
  6. sets one's watch back
  7. sets one's watch by someone
  8. sets onto
  9. sets out
  10. sets out one's stall
  11. sets over

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