Tautology

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Tautology

Tautology is unnecessary repetition in word usage. This list includes common phrases which are tautologous and should be avoided in formal writing. You will undoubtedly recognize many of these phrases as they are used frequently in everyday speech.

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absolute beginning/end

absolute guarantee

absolutely essential

absolutely sure

actual experience

add an additional/a further

added bonus/addition

adequate enough

advance warning/planning

all alone

all by her/him/itself

all of

are/is currently

as for example

as per

ask for help/assistance

assemble together

autumn season

baby boy/girl was born

blend together

bouquet of flowers

burn down/up

cancel out

checkout/up

circle round

climb up

close proximity

close down/up

close/thorough scrutiny

collect/combine together

commute back and forth

completely filled

completely/totally destroyed

completely/totally surrounded

comprises of

confer/congregate together

continue on

cut back

dates back

definite decision

descend down

difficult dilemma

divide off/up

drink down/up

each and every

earlier on

end result

end up

equal to one another

equally as

established fact

exact opposites

exited from

face up to

fall down

few in number

file away

final completion

finally/ultimately end in

finish up

first and foremost

first of all

first/initially conceived

first prototype

follow after

free gift

free publicity

future prospects

gather together

general consensus

had done previously

head up

heat up

high noon

honest truth

hurry up

if and when

in actual fact

in between

indirect allusion

join/link together

joint partnership

just exactly/precisely/barely

just recently

kneel/knelt down

know for sure/for certain

last of all

later on

left behind

lend out

linger on

local residents

lose out

main focus

major breakthrough

many different

meet/merge/mix together

minute detail

miss out on

more especially

more preferable

my personal opinion

natural instinct

nearly dead

new bride

new construction

new innovation

new record

new recruit

newly created

off of

one and the same

opening gambit

orbits around

original source

over again

pair of twins

passing fad

past history

past memories

pay off

penetrate into

perfect ideal

personal belongings

pizza pie

plan ahead

polish up

prior record

probed into

protest against

reason why

refer back

renew/repeat again

rest up

return/revert back

rise up

root cause

round ball

self-confessed

send on

settle up

sit down

solitary isolation

still remain

trigger off

true facts

try out

twice over

ultimate conclusion

unite together

unless and until

usual habit

watch out for

whether or not

raze to the ground

I can see it with my own eyes.