to retape
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4.2
- verb
- /ˌriːˈteɪp/
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- After the injury, the trainer decided to retape the player's ankle for better support.
Examples
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Some of the players interviewed always retaped one stick at this time to keep them occupied during the 20-minute wait.
Academic text (1995) -
Before the presentation, I had to retape the poster to secure the edges properly.
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During the off-ice adjustment phase, the players had a chance to cut off or retape their sticks.
Academic text (1995) -
Step 4: Have students retape their passage a second time (oral expression, visual input).
Academic text (2000) -
He returned in the fourth quarter after getting the ankle retaped, but he was clearly hampered by the injury.
Blog text (9) -
Jones-Drew sat out the second series after the injury and got the ankle retaped, but he was then carted to the locker room several minutes later.
Blog text (6) -
He is scissoring strips from one page of the spiral, trimming each edge, and retaping them -- some of them -- onto other sheets.
Fiction book (1994) -
The plumber will retape the leaking pipe to prevent further damage until it can be replaced.
Synonyms
169
1.3
To attach things using a sticky strip
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3.7
Fasten something again after it comes loose
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2.8
Close something again so no air or liquid can enter
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3.1
To stick things or paper to a surface using clear sticky tape
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3.6
To attach something again so it stays in place
Attach something again after it comes loose or is removed
Stick something back together using a sticky material
Stick a poster or label back onto a surface with glue when it falls off
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Retape comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and tape, the sticky strip used to hold things together. So, to retape a box, wires, or an ankle is to put tape on it again to make it secure.