What does off-and-on mean?

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off-and-on

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fitful, interrupted, off-and-on(a)adverb

    intermittently stopping and starting

    "fitful (or interrupted) sleep"; "off-and-on static"

  2. off and on, on and offadverb

    not regularly

    "they phone each other off and on"

ChatGPT

  1. off-and-on

    Off-and-on refers to something that intermittently stops and starts, or that happens or appears at irregular intervals, rather than being continuous or constant. It can refer to actions, states, or behaviors that fluctuously occur and cease over a period of time.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of off-and-on in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of off-and-on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of off-and-on in a Sentence

  1. Joseph Gordon-Levitt:

    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.

  2. Katie Marsh:

    It got so bad that I had trouble getting out of bed, getting off and on the toilet and even dressing myself.

  3. Kristen Stewart:

    I do not approach my life tactfully at all, i'm incredibly impulsive and I am definitely an intense weirdo. I love living and I love people. They trip me out and I want to know more about them all the time. That isn't something I can turn off and on.

  4. Herschel Walker:

    I went down to the border off and on sometimes.

  5. Steven Bowditch:

    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. .

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