day after day

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Adverb

day after day (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) For an indefinite number of days.
    Day after day they added entries.
    The images we see day after day numb us.
    • 1956, Harry S. Truman, 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, “Overkill”, in Cargo:
      Day after day it reappears
      Night after night my heartbeat shows the fear
      Ghosts appear and fade away
    • 1989 July 11, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes‎ (comic strip):
      Fine, I will. And YOU can start washing your OWN clothes, and fixing your OWN meals, and picking up your OWN toys, and making your OWN bed, and cleaning up your OWN messes, day after day after DAY!

Usage notes

  • Used to convey imperfective aspect regarding a period not ended as of the reference point.
  • Often used in extended forms such as day after day after day to show emphasis.

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