put the genie back in the bottle

Verb

Meaning

put the genie back in the bottle (third-person singular simple present puts the genie back in the bottle, present participle putting the genie back in the bottle, simple past and past participle put the genie back in the bottle)

(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To revert a situation.

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Synonyms

put the toothpaste back in the tube put the cork back in the bottle

Close letter words and terms

put the flag out put the flags out put the frighteners on someone put the hammer down put the heart across one put the heat on