put the genie back in the bottle

English

Verb

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)

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

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