yes, yes
idiom
—used to show anger or irritation
"We're leaving in a few minutes. You need to get ready." "Yes, yes. I know. I heard you the first time."
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Hoult jumped nearly 60 points in the last week (yes, yes, a firehose of movie marketing doesn’t hurt his search numbers either), bringing him to No. 49 on the ranking.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 14 July 2025
Half an hour later and two blocks away, a third-grader named Cooper Stock was crossing West End Avenue at 97th Street (yes, yes, with the light and in the crosswalk), holding his father’s hand, when a cab driver whipped around the corner and crushed him to death.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 13 Nov. 2024
Andrew Unterberger: Linkin Park just still make a little more sense in the streaming era than most of those bands, a virtue of its hybrid (yes, yes) sound and heavy production.
—Josh Glicksman, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2024
The Evo One also fitted my house like a glove, slotting into the corner (yes, yes, sound quality compromises in real life) beautifully.
—Chris Haslam, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024
If our shopping data is any indication, the answer is yes, yes, a thousand times yes!
—Charlotte Lewis, refinery29.com, 23 Jan. 2024
Ah, yes, yes, yes, how much easier would our lives be?
—Malaika Jabali, Essence, 1 Aug. 2023
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 14 July 2025
Half an hour later and two blocks away, a third-grader named Cooper Stock was crossing West End Avenue at 97th Street (yes, yes, with the light and in the crosswalk), holding his father’s hand, when a cab driver whipped around the corner and crushed him to death.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 13 Nov. 2024
Andrew Unterberger: Linkin Park just still make a little more sense in the streaming era than most of those bands, a virtue of its hybrid (yes, yes) sound and heavy production.
—Josh Glicksman, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2024
The Evo One also fitted my house like a glove, slotting into the corner (yes, yes, sound quality compromises in real life) beautifully.
—Chris Haslam, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024
If our shopping data is any indication, the answer is yes, yes, a thousand times yes!
—Charlotte Lewis, refinery29.com, 23 Jan. 2024
Ah, yes, yes, yes, how much easier would our lives be?
—Malaika Jabali, Essence, 1 Aug. 2023
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“Yes, yes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yes%2C%20yes. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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