time and time again

adverb

Often; repeatedly.

Meanings

adverbtime and time again (not comparable)

alternative time in time again

  1. not comparableOften; 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
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    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

    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

    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

    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

    Synonyms: time and again, time after time, again and again, once and again, over and over, over and over again, repeatedly, time after time

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 反反復復 /反反复复, 一次又一次
  • 反反復復 /反反复复 (fǎnfǎnfùfù)often; repeatedly
  • 一次又一次 (yīcì yòu yīcì)often; repeatedly
Finnish kerta toisensa jälkeen, toistuvasti
  • kerta toisensa jälkeenoften; repeatedly
  • toistuvastioften; repeatedly
  • useinoften; repeatedly
Italian più e più volte
  • più e più volteoften; repeatedly
Māori hoki atu, hoki atu ...
  • hoki atu, hoki atu ...often; repeatedly
Polish wielokrotnie, raz po raz
  • wielokrotnieoften; repeatedly
  • raz po razoften; repeatedly
Portuguese de novo e de novo, repetidas vezes
  • de novo e de novooften; repeatedly
  • repetidas vezesoften; repeatedly
  • uma vez atrás da outraoften; repeatedly
  • uma e outra vezoften; repeatedly
Russian сно́ва и сно́ва, па́ки и па́ки
  • сно́ва и сно́ва (snóva i snóva)often; repeatedly
  • па́ки и па́ки (páki i páki)often; repeatedly
Swedish gång på gång, om och om igen
  • gång på gångoften; repeatedly
  • om och om igenoften; repeatedly
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