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record noun► change the record!; put another record on!used to demand a change of style, subject or substance in what is being said UK, 1966
idiomrecorda broken record(also a cracked record BrE)repeat used about someone who keeps saying the same thing again and again:Stick to the point, even if it means you're acting like a broken record, so that you make sure the other person hears what you are saying.We're hearing the same old broken record about inner city problems, and we're no nearer to a solution.Can you stop going on about Joanna? You're like a cracked record.change the record BrEBrEchange/make sth differentspoken said when you want someone to stop talking about the same thing all the time:I'm sick of hearing about your mother - can't you just change the record?(just) for the record1 rememberspoken used in order to say that you want to make something clear, or to be sure that it has been recorded correctly ◆ used especially in official meetings:To start with, and for the record, let me state that, while I know the name of Parmiggiani, I am not familiar with work by this artist.I need a 'yes' or 'no' from you, just for the record.Could you explain for the record what your reasons were for arriving at this conclusion?2 used when you are giving information that you think may interest people, though it is not the main thing you are talking about:Just for the record, the picture was taken with a Nikon F5, fitted with a 600 mm lens.Our membership now stands at 650, just for the record.off the recordif someone in authority or a politician says something off the record, he or she is not making an official statement, and does not want newspapers, television news etc to tell people exactly what was said:State Department officials, speaking off the record, say that they cannot yet be certain that the change of policy will be successful.The Minister said that his remarks were made as a joke in a conversation that he thought was off the record.off-the-record: At an off-the-record meeting with reporters, the police chief outlined his concerns about terrorist activity.on the record1 if someone in authority or a politician says something on the record, he or she is saying it officially and wants newspapers, television news etc to tell people what was said:The President gave all officials who had been at the meeting permission to discuss it with the press, on the record.2 if something that has been said at a meeting, in a court of law etc is on the record, it has been included in the official record of the meeting:Is it on the record that we have agreed to seek the views of local government authorities before making a final decision?I want to put it on the record that local people regard the closure of the village school as a threat to their children's education.set/put the record straightto tell people the true facts about a situation, when you think that they have a wrong idea about it:This council has never supported the idea of separate schools for more able children, and I have pleasure in setting the record straight on that point.If you think that your employees suspect that their jobs are at risk, call a series of meetings to put the record straight.
See:- a matter of record
- a track record
- be a matter of record
- be/go on record
- break a record
- break the record
- break the/a record
- broken record
- fall short of goal
- for the record
- go on record
- just for the record
- like a broken record
- long-playing record
- matter of record
- off the record
- on record
- on the record
- one for the (record) book(s)
- one for the (record) books
- put the record straight
- put/set the record straight
- record from
- record from (something)
- record in
- record in (something)
- record on
- record on (something)
- rewrite the record books
- set straight
- set the record straight
- sound like a broken record
- that's one for the (record) book(s)
- there's one for (record) the book(s)
- track record
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