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Synonyms

over and over

Idioms  

  1. Also, over and over again. Repeatedly, many times, as in I've told you over and over that he can't eat spicy food. [Late 1500s] Also see again and again.

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On the album closer, Strength In Me, she repeats the line "I know I'm gonna survive this" over and over as the music swells in a thrilling crescendo.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Even the sequences of obvious pathos are earned, over and over again.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

“Patients should not have to fill out the same forms over and over again at different doctors’ offices or log into multiple portals or chase down their records just to get care,” Gleason said.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

“It’s playing on that sort of mantra thing, where it’s just this one thing going over and over, going round and round,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Only about Father could I discover no news at all, although I called his name over and over into the murmuring hall.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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