Idiom
every time
Meaning
Used to express a strong preference for one thing over another.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I choose coffee over tea every time.”
“If you ask me to pick between a beach vacation and a mountain hike, I will choose the beach every time.”
“Given the choice between a safe, predictable career and the uncertainty of an artistic life, she would choose the latter every time.”
Examples
simple
“I choose coffee over tea every time.”
contextual
“If you ask me to pick between a beach vacation and a mountain hike, I will choose the beach every time.”
complex
“Given the choice between a safe, predictable career and the uncertainty of an artistic life, she would choose the latter every time.”
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