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Meaning of put the clock forward | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To change the time in a time zone to a later time.

idiomatic, transitive

Examples

“Don't forget ⟳ that this Sunday we put ⟳ the clocks forward ⟳ an hour.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

put the cork back in the bottle put the dead wood on put the fear of God into put the feedbag on put the frighteners on someone put the genie back in the bottle

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