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all the time

 
Idioms: all the time
 


1.  Also, all the while. Throughout a specific period, as in All the time the music was playing she tapped her foot, or The baby slept all the while the fire was being put out. [Late 1400s]
2.  Continuously, without interruption, as in That old refrigerator is running all the time.
3.  Frequently, repeatedly, as in He goes to that store all the time.


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The adverb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: without respite
  Synonym: day in and day out


 
 

 

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Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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