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playbook

[ pley-book ]

noun

  1. (in Elizabethan drama) the script of a play, used by the actors as an acting text.
  2. a book containing the scripts of one or more plays.
  3. Football. a notebook containing descriptions of all the plays and strategies used by a team, often accompanied by diagrams, issued to players for them to study and memorize before the season begins.
  4. Informal. any plan or set of strategies, as for outlining a campaign in business or politics.


playbook

/ ˈɪˌʊ /

noun

  1. a book containing a range of possible set plays
  2. a notional range of possible tactics in any sphere of activity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of playbook1

First recorded in 1525–35; play + book
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With Trump back in the White House and the economy on the skids, Democrats will surely brush off their familiar playbook and seek to turn the governor’s race into a referendum on the unpopular president.

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The spirit of Aries is brash and youthful, confidently stumbling into life without a playbook.

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Trump's ongoing attacks on higher education echo the right-wing playbook that Reagan created nearly six decades ago.

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As you said, history does not repeat, but this seems to be following a playbook.

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In that respect, Musk and Trump are playing from his playbook.

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