Wiktionary:Word of the day/2024/March 10

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spring forward, fall back phrase

(US, mnemonic) Used to recall how clocks, watches, and other chronometers are adjusted for daylight saving time: local time goes forward in the spring (usually by one hour), and back in fall (autumn). Daylight Saving Time begins on this day, the second Sunday of March, in most parts of the United States.

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