Usually means: Return to an earlier time.
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  1. turn the clock back: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  2. turn the clock back: Wiktionary

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  1. turn the clock back: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (Turn the clock back)

verb:  Alternative form of turn back the clock [(figuratively, idiomatic) To return to a previous state.]

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