setting one's watch back

A form of set one's watch back — To ponder or experience a past time.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of set one's watch back
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setting one's watch back. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/setting%20one's%20watch%20back

MLA

“setting one's watch back.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/setting%20one's%20watch%20back. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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