Meanings
- idiomaticnot comparableFor an indefinite number of days.
Day after day they added entries.
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The images we see day after day numb us.
Throughout October the campaign in Korea made excellent progress. Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, was taken on October 19, and day after day MacArthur's forces were on the march.
1956, Harry S. Truman, chapter 24, in Memoirs of Harry S. Truman: Years of Trial And Hope, volume II, Doubleday & Company, →OCLC, page 371Day after day it reappears Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear Ghosts appear and fade away
1983, Men At Work, “Overkill”, in CargoFine, I will. And YOU can start washing your OWN clothes, and fixing your OWN meals, and picking up your OWN toys, and making your OWN bed, and cleaning up your OWN messes, day after day after DAY!
1989 July 11, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic strip)
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbfor an indefinite number of successive days
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic يَوْمًا بَعْدَ يَوْم
- يَوْمًا بَعْدَ يَوْم (yawman baʕda yawm)For an indefinite number of days
Bulgarian ден след ден
- ден след денFor an indefinite number of days
Chinese Mandarin 日復一日 /日复一日, 連日 /连日
- 日復一日 /日复一日 (rì fù yī rì)For an indefinite number of days
- 連日 /连日 (liánrì)For an indefinite number of days
Danish dag efter dag
- dag efter dagFor an indefinite number of days
Dutch dag in dag uit
- dag in dag uitFor an indefinite number of days
Esperanto tagon post tago
- tagon post tagoFor an indefinite number of days
Estonian päev-päevalt
- päev-päevaltFor an indefinite number of days
Finnish päivä toisensa jälkeen
- päivä toisensa jälkeenFor an indefinite number of days
French jour après jour
- jour après jourFor an indefinite number of days
German Tag für Tag
- Tag für TagFor an indefinite number of days
Hindi तारीख पे तारीख, तारीख पर तारीख
- तारीख पे तारीख (tārīkh pe tārīkh)For an indefinite number of days
- तारीख पर तारीख (tārīkh par tārīkh)For an indefinite number of days
- दिन प्रतिदिन (din pratidin)For an indefinite number of days
Hungarian nap nap után, nap mint nap
- nap nap utánFor an indefinite number of days
- nap mint napFor an indefinite number of days
- napról napraFor an indefinite number of days
Italian giorno dopo giorno
- giorno dopo giornoFor an indefinite number of days
Japanese 連日, 来る日も来る日も
- 連日 (renjitsu)For an indefinite number of days
- 来る日も来る日も (kuruhimokuruhimo)For an indefinite number of days
Korean 연일
- 연일 (yeonil)For an indefinite number of days
Malay hari demi hari
- hari demi hariFor an indefinite number of days
Norwegian dag etter dag
- dag etter dagFor an indefinite number of days
Polish dzień w dzień, dzień za dniem
- dzień w dzieńFor an indefinite number of days
- dzień za dniemFor an indefinite number of days
Portuguese dia após dia
- dia após diaFor an indefinite number of days
Romanian zi de zi
- zi de ziFor an indefinite number of days
Russian день за днём
- день за днём (denʹ za dnjom)For an indefinite number of days
Spanish día tras día
- día tras díaFor an indefinite number of days
Swedish dag efter dag
- dag efter dagFor an indefinite number of days
Turkish günden güne
- günden güneFor an indefinite number of days
Vietnamese ngày này qua ngày khác
- ngày này qua ngày khácFor an indefinite number of days
Cite this entry
day after day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20after%20day
“day after day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20after%20day. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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