wind back
To make a tape or clock go backwards, or to imagine going back to an earlier time.
Meanings
To physically reverse a tape, film reel, or mechanical device by winding it in the backward direction.
"She wound the cassette back to the beginning of her favourite song."
To figuratively return to an earlier moment in time, often in memory or in storytelling.
"Wind back thirty years and the city looked completely different."
To set a clock or watch to an earlier time, particularly when adjusting for time zone changes or daylight saving.
"Don't forget to wind your clocks back an hour tonight."
Used literally for cassette tapes, film reels, clocks, and car odometers. Figurative use ('wind back the clock') is common in speech. More common in British and Australian English. American English more often says 'rewind'.
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