put the toothpaste back in the tube
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editVerb
editput the toothpaste back in the tube (third-person singular simple present puts the toothpaste back in the tube, present participle putting the toothpaste back in the tube, simple past and past participle put the toothpaste back in the tube)
- (idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To revert a situation; to put things back as they were before something (usually an unwelcome thing) became a reality.