turn back the time

put back the clock or turn back the clock or turn back the time  {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 clock.
Categories: career time verb
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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