repeat Idiome

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repeat oneself|repeat

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

repeat oneself
Express oneself in the same way or with the same words, as in Grandma forgets she has told us this story before and repeats herself over and over, or This architect tends to repeat himself—all his houses look alike. A well-known version of this idiom is the proverb History repeats itself, first recorded (in English) in 1561. For example, Her mother also married when she was 18—history repeats itself. [Mid-1800s]