Take retrograde step and create remit, perhaps? (3,4,3,5)

I believe the answer is:

put back the clock

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'take retrograde step and create remit' is the definition.
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'perhaps?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'perhaps?' could be 'back' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'back' is located in the answer.
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