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time and (time) again time and (time) againRepeatedly; on multiple occasions. Why do you continue to trust John when he has lied to you time and again? Time and time again, they have violated the rules, yet you have taken no action against them.See also: again, and, time time and again Again and again; repeatedly.See also: again, and, timetime and time againRepeatedly, often. This version of the earlier time and again, or again and again, dates from the late nineteenth century. Evelyn Waugh used it in The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold (1957): “. . . envying painters who are allowed to return to the same theme time and time again.”See also: again, and, time |