"time and again" meaning in English

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Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} time and again (not comparable)
  1. Often; repeatedly. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: time and time again, time after time, again and again, over and over, over and over again, repeatedly Translations (often; repeatedly): مِرَارًا وَتِكْرَارًا (mirāran wa-tikrāran) (Arabic), 反反復復 (Chinese Mandarin), 反反复复 (fǎnfǎnfùfù) (Chinese Mandarin), 一次又一次 (yīcì yòu yīcì) (Chinese Mandarin), gang på gang (Danish), igen og igen (Danish), keer op keer (Dutch), ikka ja jälle (Estonian), korduvalt (Estonian), kerta toisensa jälkeen (Finnish), toistuvasti (Finnish), à maintes reprises (French), maintes fois (French), à de nombreuses reprises (French), immer wieder (German), बार बार (bār bār) (Hindi), چندین و چندبار (čandin o čand-bâr) (Persian), repetidas vezes (Portuguese), uma vez atrás da outra (Portuguese), uma e outra vez (Portuguese), то и де́ло (to i délo) (Russian), неоднокра́тно (neodnokrátno) (Russian), uair is uair (Scottish Gaelic), una y otra vez (Spanish), repetidas veces (Spanish), una vez tras otra (Spanish), gång på gång (Swedish), gång efter annan (Swedish), defalarca (Turkish), tekrar tekrar (Turkish), بار بار (bār-bār) (Urdu), بارہا (bārhā) (Urdu), گھڑی گھڑی (ghaṛī-ghaṛī) (Urdu)
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