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there again

there again adverb: used to introduce something opposed to or different from what preceded.

Adverb

there again

  1. (colloquial) Used to introduce something opposed to or different from what preceded
    • I'm too tired to go out tonight, but there again it might wake me up.
    Synonyms:
    then again

Synonyms of there again

Origin of there again

Probably a reanalysis of thereagain

Questions about there again

What does there again mean?
There again means used to introduce something opposed to or different from what preceded.
What part of speech is there again?
There again is an adverb.

Words near there again in the dictionary

  1. Theravadins
  2. Theravadism
  3. therblig
  4. therbligs
  5. there
  6. there again
  7. there ain't no such thing as a free lunch
  8. there and back
  9. there and then
  10. there are
  11. there are bad apples in every orchard

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