spring forward
Lose an hour
Spring forward is the practice of setting clocks ahead one hour at the start of daylight saving time, typically in March or April.
The phrase serves as a mnemonic paired with "fall back": Don't forget to spring forward this weekend.
It can also mean to leap or jump ahead suddenly: The cat sprang forward to catch the mouse.
- leapSudden springing movement
- jumpPropel oneself airborne
- advanceMove or progress forward
- clockDevice displaying time
- daylight savingSeasonal hour adjustment
daylight · time · March · hour · lunge · pounce · vault · bound · propel · surge · momentum · launch · accelerate · sunrise · morning · bright · longer · evening
- clock adjustmentsdaylight saving, fall back, time zone change, resetting, synchronizing
- Seasonal Adjustmentsdaylight saving, fall back, snow removal, pool opening, pool closing
- timekeepingclock, watch, watches, clocks, timer
- memorizationrote learning, cramming, mnemonics, rehearsal, by heart
- clock actionsset alarm, snooze, calibrate, synchronize, keep time
- time changestime zone change, daylight saving, fall back, reschedule, schedule shift
daylight saving time direction
spring forwardfall back
Withdraw from advance
spring back · jump back · lose an hour · recoil · retreat
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