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

But to see the footage played back from our personal lens was amazing and it brought back all the feels and I really got to relive that experience and enjoy it.

From Los Angeles Times

She answered questions, and much more composed now, she played back the video.

From BBC

Once again Brentford kick off but in a slight variation the ball is only played back to a defender.

From BBC

"They put on some good plays back to back which made the scoreboard out of our favour and I was really disappointed with the way we lost our connection defensively."

From BBC

They wanted to see if they could attract fish to an area with dead coral by playing back the sounds from a healthy coral reef.

From NewsForKids.net

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