on and off

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on and off

adverb on-and-off · off and on

  1. idiomatic, not comparable Intermittently. With so much worry, I only slept on and off last night.

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adv intermittently

Españolintermitentemente, de vez en cuando, a intervalos
中文断断续续地 duànduànxùxùdì
Françaispar intermittence
Deutschab und zu
Ελληνικάκατά διαλείμματα katá dialeímmata
Русскийуры́вками urývkami

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@misc{on_and_off_2026,
  title = {on and off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/on%20and%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}