to set the clock back
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to adjust the time on a clock by moving it backward, often by one hour, to match the end of daylight saving time
Dialect
American
American
Collocation
例
We'll need to set the clock back by one hour tonight as daylight saving time ends, which means an extra hour of sleep.
After setting the clock back on my oven and microwave, I realized that most of my devices automatically adjust for the end of daylight saving time.
