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

Only the water tasted good to me, though I grew embarrassed at asking again and again to be taken outside.

From Literature

He kept coming back again and again, and every time Marlene would run at him across the garden, trumpeting, tossing her ears, flapping them, but that only infuriated the dog even more.

From Literature

But it also makes it the kind of film that will send happy viewers soaring into orbit, again and again.

From The Wall Street Journal

I can picture his hair wild and sticking up, the way I’ve seen it after a long night of studying, fingers run through it again and again.

From Literature

It is the prime minister's judgement which his critics circle back to again and again, every time the story returns.

From BBC

Related Words

• frequently
• once again
• regularly
• repeatedly