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repeat on sb

phrasal verb with repeat
 
 
/rɪˈpiːt/ verb

Definition

When food repeats on you, the taste of it comes up again into your mouth: Cucumber always repeats on me.Vomiting and feelings of sickness
(Definition of repeat on sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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