Phrase guide

time and time again

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

Often; repeatedly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

repeatedly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the unknown word turned up over and over again in the text

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: over and over, again and again, over and over again, time and again

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 反反復復 /反反复复 (fǎnfǎnfùfù) — often; repeatedly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一次又一次 (yīcì yòu yīcì) — often; repeatedly
  • Finnish: kerta toisensa jälkeen — often; repeatedly
  • Finnish: toistuvasti — often; repeatedly
  • Finnish: usein — often; repeatedly
  • Italian: più e più volte — often; repeatedly
  • Māori: hoki atu, hoki atu ... — often; repeatedly
  • Polish: wielokrotnie — often; repeatedly
  • Polish: raz po raz — often; repeatedly
  • Portuguese: de novo e de novo — often; repeatedly
  • Portuguese: repetidas vezes — often; repeatedly
  • Portuguese: uma vez atrás da outra — often; repeatedly
  • Portuguese: uma e outra vez — often; repeatedly
  • Russian: сно́ва и сно́ва (snóva i snóva) — often; repeatedly
  • Russian: па́ки и па́ки (páki i páki) — often; repeatedly
  • Swedish: gång på gång — often; repeatedly
  • Swedish: om och om igen — often; repeatedly