repeat performance
Doing it again
A repeat performance is when something happens again in much the same way it happened before.
The phrase comes from theater, where a successful show might be staged again due to popular demand, but it extends to any situation that mirrors a previous one.
The connotation can be positive or negative depending on context: After last year's championship, fans are hoping for a repeat performance suggests something desirable, while I don't want a repeat performance of that disaster clearly does not.
- rematchRepeated contest between opponents
- instant replayRepeated broadcast of action
- encoreAudience-demanded extra performance
- one more timeAnother repetition requested
- repriseRecurrence of a theme
replay · iteration · revival · comeback · victory lap · habit · sequel · reinterpretation · rendition · ritual · historical reenactment · myth retelling · recurrence · broken record · streak · replication · routine · tradition
repeat performancefresh start
Opportunity to restart unburdened
debut · premiere · first time · new beginning · maiden voyage
repeat performanceone-off
Singular, unrepeated instance
anomaly · fluke · aberration · once-in-a-lifetime · unrepeatable
repeat performancedeparture
Act of going away
aberration · deviation · change of pace · reversal · turnaround
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