from the top
Begin again completely
From the top means to begin again at the very beginning.
It's used especially in rehearsals for music, theater, or dance, where a director might call out Let's take it from the top after stopping a run-through.
The phrase also appears in broader contexts when someone wants to restart an explanation or process from the start rather than picking up midway.
Another time around
- redoPerform once more
- do-overAnother chance given
- retryAttempt something again
- replayRepeated broadcast segment
restart · repeat · reprise · once more · retake · rewind · fresh · anew
Commence anew
- startTo set going
- outsetInitial point of something
- openingGap or start
- commencementAct of starting
inception · onset · launch · kickoff · lead-off · origin · genesis · introduction
Trigger for action
- actionProcess of doing
- takeCapture or filmed segment
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- blockingImpeding forward progress
run-through · director · script · performance · choreography · dialogue · prompt · notes
again
Another time around
replay · restart · repeat · reprise · once more · retake · rewind · fresh · anew · recapitulation
restart
Commence anew
commencement · inception · onset · launch · kickoff · lead-off · origin · genesis · introduction · preamble
cue
Trigger for action
blocking · run-through · director · script · performance · choreography · dialogue · prompt · notes · restart
intro
Brief opening section
- downbeatNegatively toned or dispirited
- overtureIntroductory orchestral piece
- preludeIntroductory piece or event
lead-in · pickup · vamp · tuning · conductor · tempo · attack · entrance · refrain · chorus
- beginningsbegin, beginning, start, first, opening
- theaterplays, stage, play, onstage, acting
- practice phrasespractice makes perfect, try again, once more, repeat after me, say it again
- rehearsalread-through, table read, tech rehearsal, dry run, final rehearsal
from the topfrom the bottom
continue · resume · carry on · keep going · in medias res
from the topfrom the bottom
from the ground up · grassroots · from below · bottom-up · rank and file
top, the, from, tops, topped, topping, rooftop, tip-top, mountaintop