time after time

Idioms and Phrases

Also, time and again ; time and time again . Repeatedly, again and again, as in Time after time he was warned about the river rising , or We've been told time and time again that property taxes will go up next year . The first idiom dates from the first half of the 1600s, the variants from the first half of the 1800s.

Example Sentences

It left Declan Rice running around outnumbered trying to plug gaps, England's vulnerable defence wide open time after time as possession was turned over, Greece scenting their chance.

From BBC

“I am the breadwinner, the cook, the one who brings buckets of water for washing and cooking, the one who carries our belongings from one place to another, time after time. I wish I could somehow find our old life.”

From Los Angeles Times

The campaign spending in District 3 is partly a throwback to the last 20 years or so in which the same two big-spending camps opposed each other time after time: the teachers union and supporters of charter schools.

From Los Angeles Times

"And that’s part of the shock that he has gone, because so many things he rose above – time after time after time. So we are still shocked that he’s gone."

From BBC

Time after time, each speaker on stage has talked about grassroots, unions, the working man and how the rich are killing the American dream by not paying their fair share in taxes.

From Salon