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time and time again en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Often; repeatedly.
   • I long to see the sunlight in your hair / And tell you time and time again how much I care 1983, Lionel Richie, “Hello”, in Can't Slow Down:
   • Time and time again I said I'd leave you / Time and time again I went away / But then would come the time when I would need you 1951, “I'm a Fool to Want You”, performed by Frank Sinatra:
   • NR claims that its renewal has been "postponed time and time again" over the last ten to 20 years and is now inevitable. 2023 May 31, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Crewe-Carlisle marked urgent to meet HS2 demands”, in RAIL, number 984, page 8:
   • I've been married to Wim for more than 32 years, and for 17 of those years he was also my IT rock at Accent Jobs. I really won the lottery with him: A role in a woman's shadow is not for every man. Wim is the one who helped me be daring enough to take a leap, time and time again. 2022, Conny Vandendriessche, Dream, Dare, Do:
   • The resulting book, “Nature Studies of People Not Wearing Clothes,” became an instant hit with Renaissance perverts, forcing Gutenberg back to his press time and time again to produce enough copies to meet the demand. 2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 47:

Forms

Synonyms

repeatedly · time and again · time after time · time and time again · over and over · again and again · over and over again · once and again · time after time · time and again

Translations (18)

pt uma e outra vez (often; repeatedly) · pt repetidas vezes (often; repeatedly) · mi hoki atu, hoki atu ... (often; repeatedly) · fi toistuvasti (often; repeatedly) · pt de novo e de novo (often; repeatedly) · cmn 反反復復 /反反复复 (often; repeatedly) · sv om och om igen (often; repeatedly) · cmn 一次又一次 (often; repeatedly) · ru сно́ва и сно́ва (often; repeatedly) · pl raz po raz (often; repeatedly) · ru па́ки и па́ки (often; repeatedly) · fi kerta toisensa jälkeen (often; repeatedly) · it più e più volte (often; repeatedly) · mnc ᠮᡠᡩᠠᠨ ᠮᡠᡩᠠᠨ ᡳ (often; repeatedly) · pl wielokrotnie (often; repeatedly) · pt uma vez atrás da outra (often; repeatedly) · sv gång på gång (often; repeatedly) · fi usein (often; repeatedly)