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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To revert a situation; to put things back as they were before something (usually an unwelcome thing) became a reality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Synonyms: put the genie back in the bottle, put the cork back in the bottle
Antonyms: none provided
History
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