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wind backtheclock (third-person singular simple presentwinds back the clock,present participlewinding back the clock,simple past and past participlewound back the clock)

1. (idiomatic, figurative) To return intime to an earlierperiod of history.
   • 2021 February 24, John Crosse, “North West Electrics”, inRAIL, number925, page62:

     Butwind the clock back some 60 years, and you would find that away from the South East of England, the North West once had the most extensive and varied selection of electric routes in the country.

• wind the clock back

• (to return to an earlier time):turn back the clock,turn back time

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