OFF AND ON


Meaning of OFF AND ON in English

adv. Not regularly; occasionally; sometimes. Joan wrote to a pen pal in England off and on for several years. It rained off and on all day. Sometimes used with hyphens like an adjective. A worn-out cord may make a hearing aid work in an off-and-on way.

Compare: BY FITS AND STARTS, FROM TIME TO TIME, NOW AND THEN.

American idioms English vocabulary.      Английский словарь американских идиом.