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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Strawberry doughnuts are available off and on throughout the year, and the shops also sell peach doughnuts when the stone fruit is in season.
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Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 16 June 2025
This continued off and on until 2019, and then meetings with him became more frequent, the woman told authorities.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 21 May 2025
Their longterm relationship played out, off and on, between 2007 and 2018.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
There were also tributes from founding Beach Boy Al Jardine, and actor John Stamos, who gigged with the group, off and on, for the past four decades.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2025
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Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 16 June 2025
This continued off and on until 2019, and then meetings with him became more frequent, the woman told authorities.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 21 May 2025
Their longterm relationship played out, off and on, between 2007 and 2018.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
There were also tributes from founding Beach Boy Al Jardine, and actor John Stamos, who gigged with the group, off and on, for the past four decades.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2025
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“Off and on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20and%20on. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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