time and time again
time and time again adverb: often; repeatedly.
Adverb
time and time again (not comparable)
- Often; repeatedly.
- Time and time again I said I'd leave you / Time and time again I went away / But then would come the time when I would need you1951, “I'm a Fool to Want You”, performed by Frank Sinatra
- I long to see the sunlight in your hair / And tell you time and time again how much I care1983, Lionel Richie, “Hello”, in Can't Slow Down
Examples of time and time again in a sentence
- Wim is the one who helped me be daring enough to take a leap, time and time again.2022, Conny Vandendriessche, Dream, Dare, Do:
- NR claims that its renewal has been "postponed time and time again" over the last ten to 20 years and is now inevitable.2023 May 31, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Crewe-Carlisle marked urgent to meet HS2 demands”, in RAIL, number 984, page 8:
Synonyms of time and time again
Forms of time and time again
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Questions about time and time again
- What does time and time again mean?
- Time and time again means often; repeatedly.
- How do you use time and time again in a sentence?
- Wim is the one who helped me be daring enough to take a leap, time and time again.
- What part of speech is time and time again?
- Time and time again is an adverb.
Words near time and time again in the dictionary
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