英和和英

動詞

wind back the clock (三人称単数 現在形 winds back the clock, 現在分詞 winding back the clock, 過去形および過去分詞形 wound back the clock)

1. (idiomatic, figuratively) To return in time to an earlier period of history.
   • 2021 February 24, John Crosse, “North West Electrics”, in RAIL, number 925, page 62:

     But wind 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.

別の表記

• wind the clock back

同意語

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