{v. phr.} To return to an earlier period. * /Mother wished she could turn the clock back to the days before the children grew up and left home./ * /Will repealing the minimum wage for workers under age eighteen turn the clock back to the abuses of the last century?/
TURN THE CLOCK BACK
Meaning of TURN THE CLOCK BACK in English
Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012