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repeat itself

repeat itself verb: to occur again (recur) in the same way or form.

Verb

repeat itself (third-person singular simple present repeats itself, present participle repeating itself, simple past and past participle repeated itself)

  1. To occur again (recur) in the same way or form.
    • It is interesting to recall that the engine emerged from Swindon Works as County of Cheshire, but the mistake was noticed, and rectified [to County of Chester]. History repeated itself when the same thing happened to the more recent G.W.R. "County" class 4-6-0, No. 1011, which was fitted with...1951 April, R. S. McNaught, “Railway Enthusiasts”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 270

Forms of repeat itself

third-person singular presentrepeats itself
present participlerepeating itself
past participlerepeated itself
pastrepeated itself

Questions about repeat itself

What does repeat itself mean?
Repeat itself means to occur again (recur) in the same way or form.
What part of speech is repeat itself?
Repeat itself is a verb.
What is the past tense of repeat itself?
The past tense of repeat itself is repeated itself.

Words near repeat itself in the dictionary

  1. repealists
  2. repealment
  3. repealments
  4. repeals
  5. repeat
  6. repeat itself
  7. repeat offend
  8. repeat offended
  9. repeat offender
  10. repeat offenders
  11. repeat offending

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