on repeat
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2.7
- idiom
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en repetición
- If I have a favorite song, I want to listen to it every single day on repeat until I get bored with it and have a new favorite song.
- song on repeat
- album on repeat
- put it on repeat
I am going to go put that soundtrack on repeat on the speakers.
- I am going to go put that soundtrack on repeat on the speakers.
- And I would go through this process every day on repeat.
- Tears are coming down his eyes listening to Bernie Mac on repeat.
- The labyrinth hocus pocus, which is, you know, all the things we always watch on repeat anyway.
- You know, we would, you know, on road trips, I'd, I'd queue up some Forrest Gump, put that, put that bitch on repeat, just run it right back.
Examples
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Girl, we used to play that song on repeat.
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I've had that catchy tune on repeat all week as I can't get enough of it.
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OK, what song do you have on repeat right now, may I ask?
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And it's so weird because I used to listen to the album, like on repeat, like during that time.
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Once I find something I like, I will make it on repeat until I hate it.
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I think I am going to have this video on repeat for the next week.
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It's kind of like a song on repeat.
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Yep, that's the song that got stuck on repeat on our first date.
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I have listened to it endlessly on repeat.
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Sure, there are little nitpicky things, but overall this song is on repeat in my playlist, and I like looking at their live performances.
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Synonyms
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4.1
Repeating a short sound or video continuously
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'on' (indicating a state or mode) with 'repeat' (the act of occurring again), so a learner who knows both words can directly infer that something is in a repeating/continuous playback state. This follows a common English pattern ('on' + noun = in the state of X) and has clear parallels in other languages, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
On repeat comes from music players and apps: when you put a song on the repeat setting it plays 'again and again', so on repeat means the song or video is played continuously.