Action replay

noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 2
    the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape wordnet
  3. 3
    An event that seems to repeat something that has happened before.

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

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instant replayreplay

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

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