Definition
To drink fast; to knock down alcohol.
To change the time in a time zone to an earlier time.
In Context
- "You'll need to put that drink back quickly; it's very nearly closing time."
- "Whisky he sipped at suspiciously, and still had not got an adult taste for; but wine he loved, and he put back champagne as if it were lager, with awful belches and chuckles after each glass."
- "Don't forget that this Sunday we put the clocks back an hour."
- "When the clocks are put forward at the introduction of summer time, the long-distance night trains automatically become one hour late, and continue to run late for the remainder of their journeys. […] Similarly, when the clocks are put back in the autumn, the night trains become one hour early."