Definition
to repeat: to do again; to say again, to reiterate
to repeat oneself: to say the same thing again
Could you repeat that please?: Please can you say that again? I didn't hear or understand you!
I don't want to see a repeat of this!: I don't want this to happen again in the future!
- "The MP also compared environmentalists to "Nazi-style propaganda peddlers", and said 'if something is repeated to the general public often enough, of course they will believe it."
- "I repeat, an intruder alert."
- "I repeat, attendance is mandatory!"
- "This question soon became one of Cheeter's favourites: a sort of mantra which he repeated up until his death."
- "I have no patience for stupid questions and I don't like repeating myself."
- "However, I don't want to see a repeat of this kind of outmoded and inappropriate attitude."
- "Dr. Loblaw : So, let me repeat myself."
- "It could be a bogey, I repeat, it could be a bogey."
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