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Definition: Over And Over Again |
Over And Over AgainAdverb1. Repeatedly; "the unknown word turned up over and over again in the text". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Over and Over Again Very frequently. (In Latin, Iterum iterumque.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: Over And Over AgainSynonyms: again and again (adv), over and over (adv), time and again (adv), time and time again (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Repetition | Again and again; over and over, over and over again; recursively; many times over; time and again, time after time; year after year; day by day; many times, several times, a number of times; many a time, full many a time; frequently. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Over And Over Again |
| English words defined with "over and over again": again and again ♦ over and over ♦ time and again, time and time again. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "over and over again": IMMODEST ♦ Sign your Name. (references) |
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Screenplays | That I want to make love to you - not just once, but over and over again! But I'll never tell you that. (Vita è bella, La; writing credit: Vincenzo Cerami ; Roberto Benigni) | |
Lyrics | 'Cuz over and over again (Underneath It All; performing artist: No Doubt) Over and over again (Mother and Child Reunion; performing artist: Paul Simon; writing credit: Paul Simon) | |
Clever | WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell your friends over and over again that you love them. (references; author: unknown) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Boston and Maine railroad shops at Billerica, Massachusetts. Almost a ton of lead in this small pile will be used over and over again. This lead was taken out of the locomotive drives wheels (see negative 1 [i.e 54699]) and is used to give wheel flywheel. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | This, however, did not seem a very likely event, though the Gardener patiently tried all the small keys, over and over again. |
Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | he bellowed, "when the same thing kept happening, over and over and over again! Every life I ever lived, I got killed by Arthur Dent. |
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Health | Chronic prostatitis means the prostate gets inflamed over and over again. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | IMMODEST, adj. Having a strong sense of one's own merit, coupled with a feeble conception of worth in others. There was once a man in Ispahan Ever and ever so long ago, And he had a head, the phrenologists said, That fitted him for a show. For his modesty's bump was so large a lump (Nature, they said, had taken a freak) That its summit stood far above the wood Of his hair, like a mountain peak. So modest a man in all Ispahan, Over and over again they swore -- So humble and meek, you would vainly seek; None ever was found before. Meantime the hump of that awful bump Into the heavens contrived to get To so great a height that they called the wight The man with the minaret. There wasn't a man in all Ispahan Prouder, or louder in praise of his chump: With a tireless tongue and a brazen lung He bragged of that beautiful bump Till the Shah in a rage sent a trusty page Bearing a sack and a bow-string too, And that gentle child explained as he smiled: "A little present for you." The saddest man in all Ispahan, Sniffed at the gift, yet accepted the same. "If I'd lived," said he, "my humility Had given me deathless fame!" Sukker Uffro |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Over and over again, Al Gore makes it clear that he believes the threat to the environment is so severe that we need to resort to the kind of Draconian central planning that failed so miserably every place it has been tried. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | If we do that we will return over and over again to the principle that if we simply give ordinary people equal opportunity, quality education, and a fair shot at the American Dream, they will do extraordinary things. |
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Expression using "over and over again": say over and over again. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "over and over again"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pa pushim (ceaselessly, hourly, never-ceasing, on and on, without cease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неведнъж (repeatedly), много пъти (over and over, repeatedly), безброй пъти. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 再三 (again and again). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | opakovat dokola (say over and over again). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yhä uudestaan (repeatedly), yhä uudelleen (again and again, repeatedly), uudelleen (afresh, again, anew, once more, repeatedly), monen monta kertaa (heaps of times). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tant et plus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επαναλειμμένες φορές (again and again). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | számtalanszor (numbers of times, often and often, over and over, scores of time, times out of number, times without number). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overay anday overay againay în repetate rânduri (many time and oft, once and again, time and again). (various references) многократно (many times, repeatedly). (various references) neprestano (incessantly, on and on, over and over, permanently). (various references) om och om igen (over and over), gång på gång (over and over, repeatedly, time after time, time and again). (various references) tekrar tekrar söylemek (din, ding, iterate, rub in, say over and over again). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-e-e-g-i-n-n-o-o-r-r-v-v" | |
-5 letters: endeavoring. | |
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