English Explanatory Dictionary

put the genie back in the bottle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

put the genie back in the bottle puts the genie back in the bottle putting the genie back in the bottle

Synonyms

put the cork back in the bottle put the toothpaste back in the tube unring a bell

Related words

the genie is out of the bottle close the stable door after the horse has bolted Pandora's box ride the tiger toothpaste is out of the tube
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