off and on
adverb
: with periodic cessation : intermittently
rained off and on all day
off-and-on
adjective
They have an off-and-on relationship.
off-and-on work
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To toggle your new pet off and on, type /pet into the composer, then use Wake Pet or Tuck Away Pet in Settings > Appearance.
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Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 3 May 2026
The two friends have been going to the annual meeting off and on for roughly 15 years, leaving their husbands at home for a girls' trip to Omaha.
—Sarah Min,yun Li, CNBC, 1 May 2026
Dosunmu is out with a right calf injury, an issue that has plagued him off and on for several weeks.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Multiple pieces of software and online tutorials exist for the captioning of YouTube videos in addition to instructions for turning the closed captioning feature in YouTube off and on.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
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Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 3 May 2026
The two friends have been going to the annual meeting off and on for roughly 15 years, leaving their husbands at home for a girls' trip to Omaha.
—Sarah Min,yun Li, CNBC, 1 May 2026
Dosunmu is out with a right calf injury, an issue that has plagued him off and on for several weeks.
—Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Multiple pieces of software and online tutorials exist for the captioning of YouTube videos in addition to instructions for turning the closed captioning feature in YouTube off and on.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Off and on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20and%20on. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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