rewrite

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to write something such as a book or speech again, in order to improve it or change it:

If I could rewrite the script I would change one thing.

For four months they wrote and rewrote the book by passing chapters back and forth.

to change the way that something is described or done so that people think about it differently:

People are going to try to rewrite history and say we didn't succeed.

Look at how he's rewriting the rules of retailing.

the act of writing a book, speech, etc. again, in order to improve it or change it because new information is available:

The producer says the last scene in the play needs a rewrite.

The proposal has gone through several rewrites.

to write a book, speech, etc. again to improve or change it or to correct information in it