Meaning of “play back something” in the English Dictionary

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play back something

phrasal verb with play us /pleɪ/ verb

to hear a sound recording or see a film that has been previously recorded:

She taped the Olympic speed skating final so that she could play it back later.

(Definition of “play back something” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)