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play-by-play definition

☆ play·-by-play (plā′bī plā′)

adjective

recounting each play of a game or incident of a happening as it occurs or occurred

noun

such a recounting, as that broadcast on a TV or radio program

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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