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

She yanked on the handle again and again and looked out the window.

From Literature

“You’re not going to grow by doing the same thing, again and again.”

From Los Angeles Times

I saw it again and again: shoulders dropping, voices softening, the brief but unmistakable relief produced by a hand-delivered lasagna — sometimes homemade, sometimes unmistakably Stouffer’s — and the quiet knowledge that someone had shown up.

From Salon

There’s nothing more wonderful than sharing a book that you love — one that really gives you pleasure, the kind that you read again and again and believe the characters are like old friends.

From MarketWatch

I worked it out in my mind again and again, but I was too timid to wager a guess—what if Aunt Kate and the others laughed at my wild imagination?

From Literature

Related Words

• frequently
• once again
• regularly
• repeatedly