on-again, off-again
on-again, off-again adjective: intermittent; frequent but irregular.
Adjective
on-again, off-again (not comparable)
- Intermittent; frequent but irregular.
- But the screenplay, from Supernatural creator Eric Kripke, diverts too often to inert scenes of Lewis’ struggles at school, and a subplot about his on-again, off-again friendship with bully Tarby Corrigan (Sunny Suljic) feels like a distraction from the magical business at hand.2018 September 19, Katie Rife, “Eli Roth, of all directors, brings Amblin magic to the kid-lit horror of The House With A Clock In Its Walls”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 20...
- On the ninth day of filming Netflix’s “Mind Your Manners,” the show’s host, the Shanghai etiquette teacher Sara Jane Ho, dumped her on-again-off-again boyfriend of four years in a text message.2023 January 2, Maureen O’Connor, “The Etiquette Guru Who Broke Up With a Boyfriend Over Text”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- Synonyms:
- on-off
Synonyms of on-again, off-again
Forms of on-again, off-again
| alternative form | on-again-off-again |
|---|---|
| alternative form | on-again off-again |
| alternative form | on again, off again |
| alternative form | on again off again |
Questions about on-again, off-again
- What does on-again, off-again mean?
- On-again, off-again means intermittent; frequent but irregular.
- What part of speech is on-again, off-again?
- On-again, off-again is an adjective.
Words near on-again, off-again in the dictionary
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