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Phrase(s): History repeats itself.
Prov. The same kinds of events seem to happen over and over. • It seems that history is about to repeat itself for that poor country; it is about to be invaded again. • Alan: The country is headed for an economic depression. Jane: How do you know? Alan: History repeats itself. The conditions now are just like the conditions before the last major depression.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs