for days on end

for days on end
for days on end
Fig. for many days. •

We kept on traveling for days on end.

Doctor, I've had this pain for days on end.

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{adv. phr.} For a long time; for many days. * /The American tourists tried to get used to Scottish pronunciation for days on end, but still couldn't understand what the Scots were saying./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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