off and on

off and on

See also: off-and-on

English

Adverb

off and on

1. (idiomatic) Intermittently.

   With so much worry, I only slept off and on last night.

2. (nautical) On different tacks, now toward, and now away from, the land.

Synonyms

• (intermittently): on and off

Translations

intermittently

Norwegian: av og til Russian: уры́вками (ru) (urývkami)

Swedish: till och från

Anagrams

• on and off