rinse and repeat
Shampoo bottle instruction
Rinse and repeat is an instruction from shampoo bottles that has become shorthand for any repetitive process.
The phrase often carries a note of tedium or automation—do the same thing over and over: Just keep cold-calling prospects, rinse and repeat.
It can also suggest a reliable formula: Find what works, then rinse and repeat.
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
- loopCurve closing on itself
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- latherFoamy soap bubbles
- lather upCover with foam
shampoo · wash · wash cycle · hair care · habit · instructions · step by step · formula · pattern · mantra · ritual · recurring · same old · broken record · ad nauseam · monotonous · mechanical · automatic
- laundrywashing machine, wash, dryer, clothes dryer, fold
- repetitionagain, recurring, recurrence, reiteration, redo
- cycleslife cycle, cycle, circle of life, cycles, period
- gradual phrasesbit by bit, little by little, step by step, one by one, piece by piece
rinse and repeatone and done
Single unrepeated occurrence
one-time · never again · one-off · first and last · unrepeatable
rinse and repeatbreak the mold
Diverge from tradition
think outside the box · improvise · reinvent the wheel · innovate · start from scratch
rinse and repeatbreak the cycle
End a repeating sequence
call it quits · draw the line · move on · let it go · break free
rinse, repeat, rinses, rinsed, rinsing, rinser, repeats, repeated, repeating