repeat\ oneself

repeat\ oneself
v. phr.
To say the same thing over again, often in the same words; repeat ideas because you forget what you said or because you want to stress their importance.

Grandfather is forgetful and often repeats himself when he tells a story.

A teacher often has to repeat herself several times before her pupils remember what she tells them.


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  • repeat oneself — To say again what one has said already • • • Main Entry: ↑repeat …   Useful english dictionary

  • repeat oneself — {v. phr.} To say the same thing over again, often in the same words; repeat ideas because you forget what you said or because you want to stress their importance. * /Grandfather is forgetful and often repeats himself when he tells a story./ * /A… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • repeat oneself — {v. phr.} To say the same thing over again, often in the same words; repeat ideas because you forget what you said or because you want to stress their importance. * /Grandfather is forgetful and often repeats himself when he tells a story./ * /A… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • repeat oneself — say or do the same thing again. → repeat …   English new terms dictionary

  • repeat oneself — verb To say what one has said again, usually several times …   Wiktionary

  • repeat — ► VERB 1) say or do again. 2) (repeat oneself) say the same thing again. 3) (repeat itself) occur again in the same way or form. 4) (of food) be tasted again after being swallowed, as a result of indigestion. ► NOUN 1) …   English terms dictionary

  • repeat — v. & n. v. 1 tr. say or do over again. 2 tr. recite, rehearse, report, or reproduce (something from memory) (repeated a poem). 3 tr. imitate (an action etc.). 4 intr. recur; appear again, perhaps several times (a repeating pattern). 5 tr. used… …   Useful english dictionary

  • repeat — 1. verb or To do or say again (and again). The scientists repeat the experiment in order to confirm the result. See Also: repeatedly, repetition, repetitive, repeat oneself 2 …   Wiktionary

  • repeat — verb 1》 say again.     ↘(repeat oneself) say or do the same thing again. 2》 do again or more than once.     ↘(repeat itself) occur again in the same way: history has repeated itself. 3》 chiefly Brit. (of food) be tasted after being swallowed, as… …   English new terms dictionary

  • repeat — [ri pēt′; ] for n., also [ rē′pēt΄] vt. [ME repeten < OFr repeter < L repetere < re , again + petere, to demand, rush at, fall: see FEATHER] 1. to say or utter again; reiterate [to repeat a remark] 2. to say over or through; recite (a… …   English World dictionary

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