Definition of history repeats itself
: the same thing happens again
history repeats itself
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history
play
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: tale, story
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: a chronological record of significant events (such as those affecting a nation or institution) often including an explanation of their causes
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: a treatise presenting systematically related natural phenomena (as of geography, animals, or plants)
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: to say or state again
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: to say over from memory : recite
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: to say after another
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: something repeated : repetition
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: a musical passage to be repeated in performance
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: a usually transcribed repetition of a radio or television program
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: of, relating to, or being one that repeats an offense, achievement, or action
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itself
play
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: that identical one — compare it 1
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: its normal, healthy, or sane condition
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