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Meaning of put the toothpaste back in the tube | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To revert a situation; to put things back as they were before something (usually an unwelcome thing) became a reality.

idiomatic

CEFR level

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

See also

put the wind up put the wood in the hole put the world to rights put through put through the mangle put through the mill

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