put the genie back in the bottle

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Verb

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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; to put things back as they were before something (usually an unwelcome thing) became a reality.
    People are very worried about artificial intelligence, but there's no way now to put the genie back in the bottle.

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