wind back in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for wind back in the English»French Dictionary

I.wind1 [Brit wɪnd, Am wɪnd] N

II.wind1 [Brit wɪnd, Am wɪnd] VB trans

I.wind2 [Brit wʌɪnd, Am waɪnd] N

II.wind2 <pret, pp wound> [Brit wʌɪnd, Am waɪnd] VB trans

III.wind2 <pret, pp wound> [Brit wʌɪnd, Am waɪnd] VB intr

1. back:

back ANAT, ZOOL
dos m
to turn one's back on sb/sth lit, fig
to do sth behind sb's back lit, fig
get off my back inf!

II.back [Brit bak, Am bæk] ADJ

III.back [Brit bak, Am bæk] ADV

See also wall, scratch, own, hand, duck, beyond, answer

wall [Brit wɔːl, Am wɔl] N

I.scratch [Brit skratʃ, Am skrætʃ] N

II.scratch [Brit skratʃ, Am skrætʃ] ADJ

III.scratch [Brit skratʃ, Am skrætʃ] VB trans

IV.scratch [Brit skratʃ, Am skrætʃ] VB intr

I.own [Brit əʊn, Am oʊn] ADJ (belonging to particular person, group etc)

II.own [Brit əʊn, Am oʊn] PRON

I.hand [Brit hand, Am hænd] N

1. hand ANAT:

hands off inf!
pas touche! inf
hands off inf!

7. hand (possession):

I.duck [Brit dʌk, Am dək] N

I.beyond [bɪˈjɒnd] PREP Beyond is often used with a noun to produce expressions like beyond doubt, beyond a joke, beyond the grasp of, beyond the bounds of etc. For translations of these and similar expressions where beyond means outside the range of, consult the appropriate noun entry (doubt, joke, grasp, bound, etc.). See also I. 3. below.

I.answer [Brit ˈɑːnsə, Am ˈænsər] N

II.answer [Brit ˈɑːnsə, Am ˈænsər] VB trans

III.answer [Brit ˈɑːnsə, Am ˈænsər] VB intr

wind back in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wind back in the English»French Dictionary

I.wind2 <wound, wound> [waɪnd] VB trans

II.wind2 <wound, wound> [waɪnd] VB intr

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
They managed to wind back the clock and make the money irrelevant again.
sportsnewsireland.com
I'm sure they never wind back the odometer.
www.themorningbulletin.com.au
They share aims to wind back superannuation tax breaks for the wealthy and support low-income super savers.
www.smh.com.au
I wish a doomsday clock would be wind back to the start point.
learningenglish.voanews.com
And the second, more important point, is that it simply isn't possible to wind back the clock.
www.abc.net.au
There was a period where we were just dabbling but for the last few years we have had the wind back in our sails.
www.irishmirror.ie
Just take electoral reform, and wind back a few weeks.
news.bbc.co.uk
Hockey removed two taxes and didn't wind back the subsidies.
www.abc.net.au
The federal government is supporting a push by employer organisations to wind back weekend rates.
thenewdaily.com.au
It's time to wind back the harms caused by the junk food industry's public relations machinery.
www.irishhealth.com

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