hear a refrain
Frequency: 7.04.5 per million words
To perceive a repeating statement or complaint.
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- I kept hearing the same refrain about the lack of resources.
- Have you heard the refrain that "hard work always pays off"?
- We often hear the refrain of dissatisfaction from the local residents.
- I was tired of hearing the same refrain from my supervisor every Monday.
- One hears the familiar refrain that things were better in the old days.
- She heard a constant refrain of excuses for the project's delay.
- By the end of the meeting, everyone had heard the same refrain multiple times.
- If I hear that refrain once more, I might lose my patience.
- They heard the refrain of "efficiency first" throughout the reorganization.
- It is a common refrain to hear in these types of political debates.