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again and again meaning

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    Definition of again and again in English Dictionary

  • AdverbPREagain-SUF-ain
    1. (idiomatic) Repeatedly.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • Sometimes it'll make a leitmotiv of a famous line like Thomas Wyatt's "They fle from me that sometyme did me seke," flashing the line again and again in different contexts.
      2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
        • Our splat mat has saved our rug from our baby's messes again and again.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Adverbs
        • Uncomparable adverbs

      Other Vocabulary

      Look-Alike Words
      1. en now and again
      2. en time and again
      3. en gin and tonic
      4. en lean and mean
      5. en alack and alas
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of again and again for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this idiom "again and again" is an adverb, more specifically, an uncomparable adverb.
      Definiteness: Level 1
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