TURN BACK THE CLOCK

turn back the clock: translation

turn back the clock&turn the clock back turn belly up&go belly up

1.Sl.to fail. (See alsoturn turtle.) •

I sort of felt that the whole thing would go belly up, and I was right.

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The computer—on its last legs anyway— turned belly up right in the middle of an important job.

2.Sl.to die. (As a fish does when it dies.) •

The cat was acting strangely for a while before she turned belly up.

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Every fish in Greg's tank went belly up last night.

; turn the clock back

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