Meanings
alternative you can't put the toothpaste back into the tube
- Once something is said or done, it cannot be unsaid or undone.
But, as they say, you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube, so once it was out there for everybody to read there was no way of keeping it a secret and that inevitably led to me working it into continuity.
2010, Erik Larsen, Savage Dragon #165Synonyms: you can't put the shit back in the horse, you can't unring a bell
Synonyms & antonyms
proverbOnce something is said or done, it cannot be unsaid or undone.
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you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20can't%20put%20the%20toothpaste%20back%20in%20the%20tube
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