DAY AFTER DAY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does day after day mean? 

• DAY AFTER DAY (adverb)
  The adverb DAY AFTER DAY has 1 sense:

1. for an indefinite number of successive days

  Familiarity information: DAY AFTER DAY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DAY AFTER DAY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

For an indefinite number of successive days

Synonyms:

day after day; day in day out

 Context examples 

All the time, day after day, is it that way. They are very soft. They get stiff and sore.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Day after day, for days unending, Buck toiled in the traces.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I don't mean the dreams that I dreamed on that day alone, but day after day, from week to week, and term to term.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

This went on day after day, Mr. Holmes, and on Saturday the manager came in and planked down four golden sovereigns for my week’s work.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Day after day they were together, if for no more than the hour Brissenden spent in Martin's stuffy room.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Day after day, week after week, passed away on my return to Geneva; and I could not collect the courage to recommence my work.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

He sits day after day in the great Throne Room of his Palace, and even those who wait upon him do not see him face to face.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

All day we sailed, and all night, and the next day, and the next, day after day, the wind always astern and blowing steadily and strong.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He had stayed on, however, vigorously, day after day—till this very morning's post had conveyed the history of Jane Fairfax.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

"We go grubbing along day after day, without a bit of change, and very little fun. We might as well be in a treadmill."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)