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Definition of Off and on
1. Adverb. Not regularly. "They phone each other off and on"
Definition of Off and on
1. Adverb. (idiomatic) Intermittently. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Off And On
Literary usage of Off and on
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Men call the joint the socket; this he crush'd And brake beside the tendons; all
the flesh The jagged edge tore off; and on his knee The hero falling, sunk, ..."
2. Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea by Richard Henry Dana (1911)
"Our duty was to carry the captain and agent about, and passengers off and on;
which last was no trifling duty, as the people on shore have no boats, ..."
3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... nor leave her for a kingdom ; so he continues off and on, as the toy takes
him, the object moves him, but most part brawling, fretting, unquiet he is, ..."
4. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"... nor leave her for a kingdom ; so he continues off and on, as the toy takes
him, the object moves him, but most part brawling, fretting, unquiet he is, ..."
5. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1868)
"... against the edge of the slit without going right across, and also to allow
for the slight wear which takes place in turning the syringe off and on (fig. ..."
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