OVER AND OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does over and over mean? 

• OVER AND OVER (adverb)
  The adverb OVER AND OVER has 1 sense:

1. repeatedly

  Familiarity information: OVER AND OVER used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVER AND OVER (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Repeatedly

Synonyms:

again and again; over and over; over and over again; time and again; time and time again

Context example:

the unknown word turned up over and over again in the text

 Context examples 

It seemed to me that we were simply going over and over the same ground again; and so I took note of some salient point, and found that this was so.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Then he began rolling down the slope, over and over.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

She was so glad and surprised she took it right into her arms, and thanked him over and over.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

They rolled over and over in the powdery snow.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

They were my only comfort; and I was as true to them as they were to me, and read them over and over I don't know how many times more.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

With one blow of his paw he sent the Scarecrow spinning over and over to the edge of the road, and then he struck at the Tin Woodman with his sharp claws.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient do any other activities over and over?

(NPI - Do Any Other Activities Over and Over, NCI Thesaurus)

My feet were out from under me, and I was turning over and over and being swept along I knew not where.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient have repetitive activities or "habits" that he/she performs over and over?

(NPI - Repetitive Activities or 'Habits', NCI Thesaurus)

For example, a person may worry all the time about germs and so will wash his or her hands over and over again.

(Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, NCI Dictionary)