repeat performance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrepeatandperformance
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repeat
noun[C]
uk/rɪˈpiːt/us/rɪˈpiːt/
a situation in which something happens or is done more ...
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performance
noun
uk/pəˈfɔː.məns/us/pɚˈfɔːr.məns/
how well a person, machine, etc. does a piece of work or ...
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(Definition ofrepeatandperformancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofrepeat performance
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We do not wish to see arepeatperformance, with infringements of civil liberties, when elections are held later this year.
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I hope we will not see arepeatperformancehere!
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I think that all of them agree that we cannot afford arepeatperformanceof what took place during 1971, 1972 and 1973.
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Arepeatperformanceof that simply would not be sufficient on this occasion.
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We do not want arepeatperformanceof that kind of thing.
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Is there any chance of arepeatperformancefrom him?
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We are witnessing not a transformation, but yet anotherrepeatperformance.
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I hope that we shall not have arepeatperformance.
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It is arepeatperformanceof the delays that we have seen with regard to changes in assisted area status for the steel redundancy areas.
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It is not arepeatperformanceof 1972.
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We need to be sure that the proposals will not prove to be arepeatperformance.
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It may be that there will be arepeatperformanceby myself or someone else next year.
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However, that is no justification for having arepeatperformanceof every debate in which that occurs.
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None of us would want to see arepeatperformanceof what occurred some weeks ago.
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I doubt whether arepeatperformanceeach and every time that regulations are made would necessarily be of great benefit to anyone.
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Has he learnt lessons from that, and will he give us an assurance that there will be norepeatperformance?
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Despite arepeatperformance, we are asked to accept that there was nothing wrong with the water company's engineering.
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We are witnessing today arepeatperformanceof 1945–51.
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We are only a hair's breadth away from arepeatperformanceof the same political disaster.
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