play back

Idioms and Phrases

Replay, especially a recorded performance; also, repeat. For example, When we played back the tape of the concert we noticed a lot of missed notes , or He uses the same material again and again, playing back his old speech . [Early 1900s]

Example Sentences

A director like Wilson, willing to nurture a play back to life, is just what the later Tennessee needed then and is getting now.

From The Daily Beast

He really thinks that under certain conditions he can play back to that eighty-two.

From Project Gutenberg

By the time that he had got his play back from the last manager he would have his novel ready for the first publisher.

From Project Gutenberg

But a play-back recorder named Al, and a picture-unscrambler named Gus were in closed-circuit relationship with Betsy.

From Project Gutenberg

Cardon put the disk in his pocket recorder and set it for play-back, putting the plug in his ear.

From Project Gutenberg

If he does not play back his chance of victory may disappear entirely at this bunker.

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Related Words

• convey
• depict
• describe
• detail
• narrate
• portray
• recap
• recite
• rehash
• relate
• repeat
• tell