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  • 61put\ back\ the\ clock — • put back the clock • turn back the clock v. phr. To go back in time; relive the past. If I could put back the clock I d give more thought to preparing for a career. Richard wishes that he had lived in frontier days, but he can t turn back the… …

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  • 62turn\ back\ the\ clock — • put back the clock • turn back the clock v. phr. To go back in time; relive the past. If I could put back the clock I d give more thought to preparing for a career. Richard wishes that he had lived in frontier days, but he can t turn back the… …

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  • 63around the clock — 1) we re working around the clock Syn: day and night, night and day, round the clock, all the time, [morning, noon, and night], continuously, nonstop, steadily, unremittingly; informal 24 7 2) around the clock supervision Syn …

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  • 64around-the-clock — adj. 1. 1 proceeding without interruption for twenty four hours every day. around the clock nursing care Syn: day and night, nonstop, round the clock, twenty four hours a day. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 65Rock Around the Clock (album) — Infobox Album Name = Rock Around the Clock Type = compilation album Artist = Bill Haley and His Comets Released = December 19 1955 Recorded = April 12 1954–September 23 1955, New York Genre = Rock and Roll Length = 30:53 Label = Decca Records… …

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  • 66of the clock — of the clock) ▪ As reckoned or shown by the clock ▪ In a direction corresponding to that which would be taken by the hour hand of a horizontal clock relative to a person standing at the centre and facing twelve ● clock …

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  • 67Killing the clock — may refer to: Stalling (gaming), a strategy of obstructing the flow of play in a timed game Running out the clock, the practice of a winning team allowing the clock to expire through a series of pre selected plays This disambiguation page lists… …

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  • 68around the clock — around/round the clock all day and all night. Doctors and nurses worked around the clock to help the people injured in the train crash. This station broadcasts news round the clock …

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  • 69round the clock — around/round the clock all day and all night. Doctors and nurses worked around the clock to help the people injured in the train crash. This station broadcasts news round the clock …

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  • 70put the clock back — put/turn the clock back to make things the same as they were at an earlier time. The court s decision has put the clock back a hundred years. Let s turn back the clock to 1963 and listen to the Beatles singing Love, love me do . (often + to) …

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