warmed-over

[ wawrmd-oh-ver ]
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adjective
  1. (of cooked foods) heated again: warmed-over stew.

  2. reworked or repeated without enthusiasm or introduction of new ideas; stale: a warmed-over version of an old show.

Origin of warmed-over

1
First recorded in 1885–90

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How to use warmed-over in a sentence

  • Having breakfasted heartily on sourdough flapjacks, warmed-over baked beans and coffee, they were ready for anything.

    On the Yukon Trail | Roy J. Snell
  • Like Ben Hur, it was warmed over into a tremendously successful melodrama, and received the final compliment of parody.

    Essays on Modern Novelists | William Lyon Phelps
  • The principal food of the party was tallow and some other substance, which was warmed over a fire on stopping at night.