Daily life
over and over
repeated many times
If something happens over and over, it happens again and again.
Hear it in real life
Why is the printer making that noise?
It keeps trying to start over and over.
She listened to that song over and over on the journey home.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I did it over and overly.
Say: I did it over and over.
“Over and over” is a fixed phrase; “overly” means excessively and does not complete it.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
do something over and over; happen over and over
Your turn: say it out loud
She listened to that song over and over on the journey home.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
over and over
repeated many times
“She listened to that song over and over on the journey home.”
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