tape-record
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of tape-record
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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I would hitchhike up and down College Avenue and then I would tape-record people inside the car, what they thought of me, what it was like living there.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2019
He told me, “Oh, gee, if people won’t let me tape-record, you could be my human tape recorder.”
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2018
As Rocco DiSpirito scoots into a banquette next to me, I ask if he minds if I tape-record the interview.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He refused to appear unless he was allowed to tape-record the trial.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I told Archie what I had thought in prison about him; that his brain, which could tape-record hundreds of number combinations a day, should have been put at the service of mathematics or science.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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