coord. adv. Sometimes... sometimes; by turns; at one time... then at another. Often used with adjectives that are very different or opposite, especially to show change. The weather changed every day; it was now hot, now cool. The band played different songs, now fast, now slow; now soft, now loud. Billy ran so quickly he seemed to be all over the field; he was now here and now there.
NOW --- NOW
Meaning of NOW --- NOW in English
American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012