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have seen this movie

verb

Definitions

  1. To have experienced a situation which is the same as or similar to the current situation,…

    To have experienced a situation which is the same as or similar to the current situation, especially with a sense of the unpleasantness or tiresomeness of the recurring situation.

    • The 2008 presidential race may have been branded a "change" election, but abortion rights advocates have seen this movie before.
    • After the defeat of the Soviets in 1989, civil war, state collapse and Taliban victory followed. The Afghan people have seen this movie already.
    • Dominic Rossi, global chief investment officer at Fidelity, said […] “We have seen this movie before. […] One emerging market country after another gets left stranded.”

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA