once more
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- idiom
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otra vez
- Please read the instructions once more before you begin the test.
- try once more
- repeat once more
- begin once more
Soon they will move out once more and will bring the civil war to an end.
- Soon they will move out once more and will bring the civil war to an end.
- So once more into the breach, dear friends.
- And once more, just on your entire suit of armour.
- And once more, just on your entire suit of armor.
- So within just a couple of years, the South Caucasus was once more in a Russian state.
- And I will absolutely bring that heat once more.
- OK, We're gonna we're gonna go backwards once more.
Examples
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So once more into the breach, dear friends.
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Let us go on once more into the breach, dear friends.
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So I want to ask once more, Are you ready?
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Yeah, just show me again, once more with hands or whatever.
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I was once more out in the cold.
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The class decided to read the book once more, this time focused on who was telling the story.
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And that starts with speaking the truth and having the courage once more to own our voices.
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Once more into the breach.
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And yet Malta was once more saved by sheer luck.
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And we've been waiting a good 12 years to all be reunited once more... as a family.
Synonyms
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Again on another occasion
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Again from the beginning
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Morphology
The meaning 'again; one more time' is directly and compositionally derived from 'once' (one occasion) + 'more' (additional), following a standard adverbial formulation. This is a common, cross-linguistic pattern (e.g. Spanish 'una vez más'), so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Once more comes from once meaning 'one time' and more meaning 'an extra time'. So when people say once more they are asking for something to be done 'again' or 'one more time'.