time and time again

English

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Adverb

time and time again (not comparable)

1. Often; repeatedly.

   Synonyms: time and again, time after time; see also Thesaurus:repeatedly

   • 1983, Lionel Richie (lyrics and music), “Hello”, in Can't Slow Down:

     I long to see the sunlight in your hair / And tell you time and time again how much I care

   • 2023 May 31, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Crewe-Carlisle marked urgent to meet HS2 demands”, in RAIL, number 984, page 8:

     NR claims that its renewal has been "postponed time and time again" over the last ten to 20 years and is now inevitable.

Alternative forms

• time in time again (eggcorn)

Translations

often; repeatedly

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反反復復 / 反反复复 (zh) (fǎnfǎnfùfù), 一次又一次 (yīcì yòu yīcì)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kerta toisensa jälkeen, toistuvasti (fi), usein (fi)
• Italian: più e più volte
• Maori: hoki atu, hoki atu ...
• Portuguese: de novo e de novo, repetidas vezes, uma vez atrás da outra, uma e outra vez
• Russian: сно́ва и сно́ва (snóva i snóva), па́ки и па́ки (ru) (páki i páki) (archaic)
• Swedish: gång på gång (sv), om och om igen