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time and time again ThesaurusAdv. | 1.time and time again - repeatedly; "the unknown word turned up over and over again in the text"again and again, over and over, over and over again, time and again |
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, 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, timeTime and material contract time and material contract[¦tīm ən mə′tir·ē·əl ‚kän‚trakt] (industrial engineering) A contract providing for the procurement of supplies or services on the basis of direct labor hours at specified fixed hourly rates (which rates include direct and indirect labor, overhead, and profit), and material at cost. Time and material contractWork agreed to between the owner and the contractor, with payment based on the contractor’s cost for labor, equipment, materials, and an add-on factor to cover overhead and profit; or based on material costs plus a specified amount per hour of labor, which includes direct labor, overhead and profit.MedicalSeetimeLegalSeeTimeAcronymsSeeTATAtime and time again
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