watch back

To view a recording of something rather than see it as it happens.

• You can watch back the interview.
• We watched the concert back at home.
• Have you watched back yesterday’s match?

How to use it: watch something back (We watched the match back the next morning.)

Similar words: replay

Common phrases: watch back something, watch back footage

To view recorded video while making or editing it, checking what you filmed.

• Let’s watch back that take.
• The director watched the footage back to check the lighting.
• We always watch back each scene before editing.

How to use it: watch something back (The editor watched the scene back before cutting it.)

Similar words: review, replay

Common phrases: watch back footage, watch back takes

To watch many episodes of a television series one after another.

• We watched back the entire season on Sunday.
• She loves to watch back several episodes in one evening.
• Are you going to watch back the series tonight?

How to use it: watch back something (They plan to watch back the whole series this weekend.)

Similar words: binge-watch

Common phrases: watch back episodes, watch back something

The cover on the rear of a wristwatch, protecting the parts inside.

• The watch back is scratched.
• He removed the watch back to change the battery.
• Her initials were engraved on the watch back.

Similar words: case back

Common phrases: metal watch back, replace a watch back