rebuild

CEFRB1

/ɹiːˈbɪld/

verb · noun

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meaning

(said of sports teams) A period during which an attempt is made to improve during a period of struggling.

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After missing the playoffs for the seventh straight season in a row, the Detroit Red Wings are trying to rebuild.
Since they failed to make it to the playoffs after five consecutive seasons, the team has gone through a lengthy rebuild.
Doc's spirits lifted at the suggestion that Cochrane was already thinking about painting the finished rebuild.

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Although the new features of the rebuilds were mainly the application of successful standard principles, the retention of the outside admission cylinders with their necessary high-pressure valve rod glands, of which the Southern lacked previous experience with an engine of this size, caused some unexpected teething troubles.
1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 160
Doc's spirits lifted at the suggestion that Cochrane was already thinking about painting the finished rebuild.
2000, John Christgau, Sierra Sue II: The Story of a P-51 Mustang, page 138
The cost of the rebuild can quickly escalate with significant crankshaft and bearing work, and some folks allow the cost to keep them from doing the work, even when it is warranted.
2000, Spencer Yost, How to Rebuild and Restore Farm Tractor Engines, page 100
Torque Fasteners — Illustrates a fastener that must be properly tightened with a torque wrench at this point in the rebuild.
2009, Tony Huntimer, How to Rebuild the Big-Block Chevrolet, page 5
Lovingly restored and exquisitely maintained, the great frigate is docked at Boston and open to the public. She is still in commission and crewed by members of the U.S. Navy. After a number of rebuilds and modifications, the frigate Constellation is now anchored in Baltimore Harbor as a museum.
2012, Ronald Utt, Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Forging of the American Navy

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From re- + build.