day after day
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Adverb
day after day (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) For an indefinite number of days.
- Day after day they added entries.
- The images we see day after day numb us.
- 1956, Truman, Harry S., chapter 24, in Memoirs of Harry S. Truman: Years of Trial And Hope, volume II, Doubleday & Company, →OCLC, page 371:
- Throughout October the campaign in Korea made excellent progress. Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, was taken on October 19, and day after day MacArthur's forces were on the march.
- 1983, Men At Work (lyrics and music), “Overkill”, in Cargo:
- Day after day it reappears
Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
Ghosts appear and fade away
Usage notes
- Used for a period not ended as of a reference point.
Coordinate terms
- year after year
- hour after hour
- month after month
- minute after minute
- night after night
- second after second
Translations
For an indefinite number of days
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