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to play back
01
to listen to or watch something again after recording it
Transitive: to play back sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
back
Base verb
play
Present tense
play back
3rd person singular
plays back
Present participle
playing back
Past simple
played back
Past participle
played back
Examples
As soon as they finished filming the scene, they played it back to check for any errors.
02
to recall a sequence of events or emotions, often mentally
Transitive: to play back a memory
Examples
As she looked at the empty chair across the table, she played back all the meals they had shared there, each memory bittersweet.
