do-over

noun

ˈdü-ˌō-vər 

plural do-overs

: a new attempt or opportunity to do something after a previous attempt has been unsuccessful or unsatisfactory

Art, unlike life, permits do-overs: the illusion that one can get things right with craft and persistence.

—Rhonda Lieberman

As for his pitch, Keaton's first try was in the dirt. He requested a do-over and fired one right down the middle.

—Steve Rushin

Examples of do-over in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At issue is the legality of Measure C, the do-over ballot measure that asked city of San Diego voters to strike the entirety of the 1,324-acre Midway-Pacific Highway Community Plan area from the city’s Coastal Height Limit Overlay Zone, or coastal zone for short. —Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025

Could a superstar as big as Michael Jackson be compelled, almost against his will, to return to the recording studio for a do-over on one of his songs? —Dan Beck, Variety, 21 Oct. 2025

Yet this is a trade that Miami likely wouldn’t make again if given a do-over. —Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025

Republicans are planning on what amounts to a do-over vote on their proposal close to the deadline in the hopes that more Democrats will have second thoughts. —Kevin Freking, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for do-over

• carryover
• changeover
• crossover
• cutover
• flashover
• hangover
• holdover
• layover
• leftover
• makeover
• moreover
• passover