Tautologies

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.

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.

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Tautologies

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