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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And those differences are what compel me to keep ruining the workplace, day after day, headbutt after headbutt. Ariel Dumas, New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2025 Hope is a decision that tens of thousands of New Yorkers made, day after day, volunteer shift after volunteer shift, despite attack ad after attack ad. Time Video, Time, 5 Nov. 2025 Hope is a decision that tens of thousands of New Yorkers made day after day, volunteer shift after volunteer shift, despite attack ad after attack ad. Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025 Even the combative Venezuela of eight years ago, where kids with homemade shields assembled in the streets day after day to battle the dictatorship’s goons, is a fading memory. Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 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 18 Nov. 2025.

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