take it from the top



take it from the top

Fig. to begin [again] at the beginning, especially the beginning of a piece of music. (Originally in reference to the top of a sheet of music.) The conductor stopped the band and had the players take it from the top again. Let's take it from the top and play it a bit softer this time.
See also: take, top

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Artemis['a:timis]
Indumathi-Tamil
Maia (1)MAY-ə (English), MIE-ə (English)Greek Mythology, Roman Mythology, Portuguese, Georgian
Dinesh-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Nepali
Radoslavarah-dah-SLAH-vah (Russian)Czech, Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Medieval Slavic
Tora-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish