action replay

English

Noun

action replay (plural action replays)

1. In TV broadcasting, the reshowing of a short segment of action, especially slow-motion sporting action, shortly after it was broadcast live or in real-time.
2. An event that seems to repeat something that has happened before.
   • 2009 May 15, “I've shared in the hell of the No 10 bunker”, in London Evening Standard:

     Gordon Brown's predicament is an action replay of the last days of John Major, and then some.

Translations

In TV broadcasting, the re-showing of a short segment of action

• German: Videowiederholung f, Wiederholung (de) f
• Spanish: repetición (es) f

Anagrams

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