time and again

English

Adverb

time and again (not comparable)

1. Often; repeatedly.
   • 1959 November, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The British Railways Clas "9" 2-10-0s: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 556:

     For successful and efficient operation, mechanical stokers must be fed with suitable coal. This has been proved time and again in all countries where stoker-fired engines are used.

   • 2011 September 13, Sam Lyon, “Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal”, in BBC‎:

     Mario Gotze was inventive, Lewandowski a menace, and Shinji Kagawa a constant source of energy as, time and again, the hosts played through a porous Arsenal midfield.

Synonyms

• time and time again, time after time, again and again, over and over, over and over again; see also Thesaurus:repeatedly

Related terms

• now and again

Translations

often; repeatedly

Arabic: مِرَارًا وَتِكْرَارًا (mirāran wa-tikrāran) Chinese: Mandarin: 反反復復 / 反反复复 (zh) (fǎnfǎnfùfù), 一次又一次 (yīcì yòu yīcì) Danish: gang på gang, igen og igen Dutch: keer op keer Estonian: ikka ja jälle, korduvalt Finnish: kerta toisensa jälkeen, toistuvasti (fi) French: à maintes reprises (fr), maintes fois (fr), à de nombreuses reprises German: immer wieder (de) Hindi: बार बार (bār bār) Persian: چندین و چندبار (čandin o čand-bâr) Portuguese: repetidas vezes, uma vez atrás da outra, uma e outra vez Russian: то и де́ло (ru) (to i délo), неоднокра́тно (ru) (neodnokrátno) Scottish Gaelic: uair is uair Spanish: una y otra vez, repetidas veces, una vez tras otra Swedish: gång på gång (sv), gång efter annan Turkish: defalarca (tr), tekrar tekrar (tr) Urdu: بار بار (bār-bār), بارہا (bārhā), گھڑی گھڑی (ghaṛī-ghaṛī)