How do i recover a folder I replaced

I did a dumb thing and copied a file to my desktop. It said there was already a file with that name and i said replace file. Is there any way I can recover the folder I replaced?

An immediate COMMAND Z will reverse the process. You probably are past that, do you have a backup such as Time machine?.
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