again and again

Idioms  

1. Repeatedly, often, as in I've told you again and again, don't turn up the heat. This idiom uses repetition for the purpose of emphasis (as does its synonym, over and over). Shakespeare used it in Othello (1:3): “I have told thee often, and I retell thee again and again.” [c. 1600]

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Example Sentences

"The idea behind decriminalization was one simple thing: to stop all of us from going to jail again and again and again," he said.

From Barron's

The titular St. John Fox is a writer, and in his stories the female characters die again and again.

From The Wall Street Journal

“This pattern of highly visible and self-evidently significant innovations leading to market euphoria, then to overinvestment, and thus to severe market decline has repeated again and again throughout history,” he said.

From Barron's

“This pattern of highly visible and self-evidently significant innovations leading to market euphoria, then to overinvestment, and thus to severe market decline has repeated again and again throughout history,” he said.

From Barron's

We’re outside, I think again and again, trying to find that special feeling I always imagined I’d feel when I stepped out beyond these gates.

From Literature

Related Words

• frequently
• once again
• regularly
• repeatedly