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there you go again
Definition
› a way of emphasizing that an action is often repeated: There they go again, making trouble.Repeating an action
(Definition of there you go again from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Repeating an action
Synonyms and related words:
- bring sth back phrasal verb (DO AGAIN)
- come/go/turn full circle idiom
- comeback noun
- do sth over phrasal verb
- drill verb (PRACTISE)
- dry run noun
- iterative adjective
- keep on doing sth phrasal verb
- keep your eye in idiom
- performance noun (ENTERTAINMENT)
- practice noun (REGULAR ACTIVITY)
- punctuate verb (REPEAT)
- repeat noun
- repeat verb
- repetition noun
- reproduce verb (COPY)
- rerun noun
- revert to sth phrasal verb
- warm sth over phrasal verb
- wave noun (LARGE NUMBER)
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