run and repeat

verb

To continue doing (an action, typically a negative one), especially after being warned not to do so or punished for doing so.

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Meanings

verbrun and repeat (third-person singular simple present runs and repeats, present participle running and repeating, simple past ran and repeated, past participle run and repeated)

present singular third person runs and repeats · participle present running and repeating · past ran and repeated · participle past run and repeated

  1. transitiveTo continue doing (an action, typically a negative one), especially after being warned not to do so or punished for doing so.

    Now I see it. You'll run and repeat it. And I can't take it back, so in the past is where we'll leave it.

    2020, “Without You”, performed by The Kid LAROI
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APA

run and repeat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20and%20repeat

MLA

“run and repeat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20and%20repeat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “run and repeat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20and%20repeat.

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