About time people return to the place they started from (7)

I believe the answer is:

retrace

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'return to the place they started from' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'about time people' is the wordplay.
'about time' becomes 'ret' (I've seen this in other clues).
'people' becomes 'race'.
'ret'+'race'='RETRACE'

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(Another definition for retrace that I've seen is " Go back over (one's steps)".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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