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- noun Plural form of
retake . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
retake .
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Examples
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If the retakes are the result of sloppy or outsourced work they eat it - not the American company.
So ... How Much Do These Movies Cost? Steve Hulett 2008
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If the retakes are the results of the American company making mistakes or changing their minds then the American company eats it.
So ... How Much Do These Movies Cost? Steve Hulett 2008
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This is for keeps-no celluloid "retakes" unless one considers the numbing rote of close order drill.
Latest Articles Leatherneck Magazine 2010
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"When I was growing up they offered 'retakes'," says Pam Carden, a 40-year-old mother of two in Brooklyn, N.Y. "I begged my mom to let me have them taken one year, because I wanted to die when I saw how stupid my smile was in the original shot.
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But what about a musical, where there are no retakes?
Bacharach Looks Back—And Forward to a Musical Marc Myers 2011
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Alas, Triana confesses, chuckling as he retakes his stool, he can't remember now what lines the master dictated, nor whether they are in the script of the current production.
Jorge Ali Triana brings Gabriel Garcia Marquez tale to GALA Hispanic Theatre David Montgomery 2011
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Will make it that much easier to dump him in 2012 when the Taliban retakes Afganistan.
WH denies Afghan decision made, as tensions flare with Pentagon 2009
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After the mid terms it will quiet down when the GOP retakes control of both Houses ..... and then it will be the dems turn to become angry and use the rhetoric.
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Gigot: So that kind of a stalemate, if the opposition takes--retakes half of the country, say, and some of the oil assets, and Gadhafi sits in Tripoli and maybe some other parts of the country--that outcome for you is unsatisfactory and would be seen by the world as a defeat for the United States?
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I'm sure that she will do well if she retakes her SAT.
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