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 also turn 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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