play-by-play

[ pley-bahy-pley ]

adjective
  1. pertaining to or being a detailed account of each incident or act of an event, as in sports: a play-by-play broadcast of a baseball game.

noun
  1. a detailed and sequential description of a sports contest or other event, as by a sportscaster, usually as it is taking place.

Origin of play-by-play

1
First recorded in 1925–30

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