Phrase guide

time after time

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

Again and again; repeatedly; every time; always; time and again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable

Examples

  • Time after time he tries, and time and again, he fails.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: again and again, once and again, over and over, over and over again, repeatedly, time after time, time and again, time and time again

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: طورا بعد طور — again and again
  • Danish: gang på gang — again and again
  • Dutch: keer op keer — again and again
  • Esperanto: ree kaj ree — again and again
  • French: encore et encore — again and again
  • Hungarian: időről időre — again and again
  • Italian: ripetutamente — again and again
  • Italian: ancora ed ancora — again and again
  • Italian: di volta in volta — again and again
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gang på gang — again and again
  • Polish: raz po raz — again and again
  • Polish: raz za razem — again and again
  • Portuguese: vez após vez — again and again
  • Russian: раз за ра́зом (raz za rázom) — again and again
  • Russian: сно́ва и сно́ва (snóva i snóva) — again and again
  • Russian: из ра́за в раз (iz ráza v raz) — again and again
  • Spanish: una y otra vez — again and again
  • Swedish: gång på gång — again and again
  • Swedish: gång efter annan — again and again
  • Swedish: om och om igen — again and again