Meaning & use
on and off
Happening or continuing intermittently, stopping and starting again rather than steadily.
See it in a sentence
It rained on and off all afternoon, so we kept the picnic short.
They dated on and off for years before finally getting married.
A note on using this word
On and off describes something that recurs in stretches, unlike 'off and on,' which means the same thing but starts with the interruption.
Words with a similar meaning
intermittentlysporadically
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Words with an opposite meaning
continuously
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