day after day

idiomatic phrase

: for an indefinite or seemingly endless number of days
followed the same routine day after day

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Or just scraps of playing time, day after day after day. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 July 2025 As police combed through evidence day after day at the campground, Lunt was determined to help crack the case. ABC News, 21 July 2025 No one can work 20 hours a day, day after day, and expect to sustain that schedule. Trevor Riggen, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025 There simply isn’t enough money or manpower to supply every lonely person with a sympathetic ear, day after day. Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 14 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for day after day

Word History

First Known Use

1555, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of day after day was in 1555

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“Day after day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20after%20day. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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