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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The Office illustrated, often hilariously, how difficult a 9 to 5 job can be, and how people stick it out day after day.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
For starters, Reed is someone who has made plays day after day during training camp and, for good measure, intercepted a pass during the Chargers’ 34-7 victory over the Detroit Lions on Thursday night in the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio, and returned it 60 yards to the 6-yard line.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
The sheer enormity of all this bad news, day after day, is disheartening.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 31 July 2025
Or just scraps of playing time, day after day after day.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 July 2025
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
For starters, Reed is someone who has made plays day after day during training camp and, for good measure, intercepted a pass during the Chargers’ 34-7 victory over the Detroit Lions on Thursday night in the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio, and returned it 60 yards to the 6-yard line.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
The sheer enormity of all this bad news, day after day, is disheartening.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 31 July 2025
Or just scraps of playing time, day after day after day.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 July 2025
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“Day after day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20after%20day. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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