"lather, rinse, repeat" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From the directions on a bottle of shampoo.",
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          "ref": "2005, Deke McClelland, Galen Fott, Photoshop Elements 3 for Dummies",
          "text": "Use the step backward icon again and experiment with the other three icons, drawing overlapping shapes. Lather, rinse, repeat.",
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Annalee Newitz, Charlie Anders, She's such a geek!: women write about science, technology and other nerdy stuff",
          "text": "Then, burned-out after a spring and summer of machining, testing, tweaking, lather, rinse, repeat, I took a driving vacation with my husband […]",
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        {
          "ref": "2007, M P Dunleavey, Money Can Buy Happiness: How to Spend to Get the Life You Want",
          "text": "Lather, rinse, repeat until you get tired of watching your money go down the drain.",
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        "Indicating that an action or process was repeated, or needs to be repeated."
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        "(informal, often humorous) Indicating that an action or process was repeated, or needs to be repeated."
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "word": "the mixture as before"
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          "_dis1": "67 33",
          "word": "wash, rinse, repeat"
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          "word": "rinse and repeat"
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        "often"
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      "glosses": [
        "Indicating that an action or process happens often and is futile."
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        "(informal, satirical) Indicating that an action or process happens often and is futile."
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    "lather, rinse, repeat"
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  "word": "lather, rinse, repeat"
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  "etymology_text": "From the directions on a bottle of shampoo.",
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        {
          "ref": "2005, Deke McClelland, Galen Fott, Photoshop Elements 3 for Dummies",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Annalee Newitz, Charlie Anders, She's such a geek!: women write about science, technology and other nerdy stuff",
          "text": "Then, burned-out after a spring and summer of machining, testing, tweaking, lather, rinse, repeat, I took a driving vacation with my husband […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, M P Dunleavey, Money Can Buy Happiness: How to Spend to Get the Life You Want",
          "text": "Lather, rinse, repeat until you get tired of watching your money go down the drain.",
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        "(informal, often humorous) Indicating that an action or process was repeated, or needs to be repeated."
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        "Indicating that an action or process happens often and is futile."
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        "(informal, satirical) Indicating that an action or process happens often and is futile."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wash, rinse, repeat"
    },
    {
      "word": "rinse and repeat"
    }
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    "lather, rinse, repeat"
  ],
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}