English Explanatory Dictionary

put the toothpaste back in the tube

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 toothpaste back in the tube puts the toothpaste back in the tube putting the toothpaste back in the tube

Synonyms

put the genie back in the bottle put the cork back in the bottle

Related words

Sisyphean labour
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