rehash

[ verb ree-hash; noun ree-hash ]

/ verb riˈhæʃ; noun ˈriˌhæʃ /

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verb (used with object)

to work up (old material) in a new form.

noun

the act of rehashing.

something rehashed.

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Origin of rehash

First recorded in 1815–25; re- + hash¹

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How to use rehash in a sentence

Photo ops and the rehashing of decade old initiatives that rehashed decades older resolutions is not going to do it.
Same Process, No Progress|Yousef Munayyer|May 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Instead he mocked them and rehashed old ideas with retread rhetoric.
Paul Begala on Mitt Romney’s Epic Fail in His GOP Convention Speech|Paul Begala|August 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST
We've hashed and rehashed this before, Nadine and now we're too busy to debate further.
Mercenary|Dallas McCord Reynolds
She had finished the paper,—it was getting to be an old and much rehashed story, now,—and had sent it down to Miss Smalley.
The Other Girls|Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

And now it is again rehashed against the Jews in Russian Poland.
The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915|Various
Mr. Magee broke away from the mayor's rehashed history, and hurried to Miss Norton.
Seven Keys to Baldpate|Earl Derr Biggers
But all that same stuff has been hashed and rehashed to the people through the sources I have already mentioned.
Quacks and Grafters|Unknown

British Dictionary definitions for rehash

rehash

verb (riːˈhæʃ)

(tr) to rework, reuse, or make over (old or already used material)

noun (ˈriːˌhæʃ)

something consisting of old, reworked, or reused material

Word Origin for rehash

C19: from re- + hash 1 (to chop into pieces)

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