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Proof that first impressions are negotiable if you have the footage to prove it.
means To do something again—shoot a photo, sit an exam, seize back territory or a position—because the first attempt didn't stick.
from Simple carpentry of English: the prefix 're-' (again, back), from Latin 're-', bolted onto 'take', from Old English 'tacan', itself borrowed from Old Norse 'taka'. No mystery here—just language doing exactly what it says, assembling 'again' plus 'take' to mean exactly that.
- origin
- film term before it was an exam term
- academic use
- same test, fresh chance, humbler attitude
- psychology
- thrives on the hope second tries fix first mistakes
- hollywood record
- some scenes shot over 100 times for one line