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off and on
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Princeton's WordNet
fitful, interrupted, off-and-on(a)adverb
intermittently stopping and starting
"fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static"
off and on, on and offadverb
not regularly
"they phone each other off and on"
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off and onadverb
Intermittently.
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off and on
"Off and on" is an idiomatic phrase primarily used to describe something that is intermittently occurring or not constant. It often refers to an activity, event, or behavior that happens or is done during intervals, rather than continuously or regularly. This phrase can also relate to an object or device being alternately in use and not in use.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
off and on
When a ship beating to windward approaches the shore by one board, and recedes from it when on the other. Also used to denote an undecided person. Dodging off a port.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of off and on in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of off and on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of off and on in a Sentence
It got so bad that I had trouble getting out of bed, getting off and on the toilet and even dressing myself.
I don't know what I did on 18, It was tough off and on... It got really windy early, then slowed down, windy( again), changed direction. .
I went down to the border off and on sometimes.
Look, I have worked for him off and on for 30 years, I managed his Senate mapping in 2006, a very vicious race where we were attacked on television and elsewhere, we never went negative and I think voters appreciated that.
He's articulate, smart, very much the same, i've been seeing him off and on for a year -- actually, more than that. I saw him last week or two weeks ago to show him the final film.
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