hour after hour
Definition
› for many hours without stopping: I sat by her bedside for hour after hour.Continually and repeatedly
(Definition of hour after hour from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (from) hour to hour idiom
- 24/7 adverb, adjective
- ad nauseam adverb
- again adverb (ONE MORE TIME)
- always adverb (MANY TIMES)
- anew adverb
- constant adjective (FREQUENT)
- every determiner (REPEATED)
- forever adverb
- hour noun
- hourly adverb
- immemorial adjective
- interval noun (TIME/DISTANCE)
- morning, noon, and night idiom
- periodic adjective
- periodically adverb
- perpetual adjective
- quick-fire adjective
- repeated adjective
- year in, year out idiom
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