time after time
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time after time
Repeatedly; again and again. Why do you continue to trust John when he just lies to you time after time? Time after time you bring up this issue, and the answer will always be no.
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time after time
and time and (time) againrepeatedly; over and over (again). You've made the same error time after time! Please try to be more careful! I've told you time and again not to do that. You keep saying the same thing over and over, time and time again. Stop it!
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time after time
Also, time and again; time and time again. Repeatedly, again and again, as in Time after time he was warned about the river rising, or We've been told time and time again that property taxes will go up next year. The first idiom dates from the first half of the 1600s, the variants from the first half of the 1800s.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
ˌtime after ˈtime
,ˌtime and (ˌtime) aˈgain
very often; many times, repeatedly: He makes the same mistake time after time. ♢ Time and again she’s tried to give up smoking, but she never succeeds.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
time after time
Again and again; repeatedly.
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