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on a regular basis

on a regular basis prepositional phrase: regularly; occurring in regular time intervals or patterns.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Regularly; occurring in regular time intervals or patterns.
    • '[…] I tipped her double to pretend we were dating on a regular basis, and to act as if she was crazy about me. Only in public,' Rimmer waved his hand, as if to ward off evil thoughts1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
    • Three of them—Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, and Newt Gingrich—had contracts with Fox News that paid them handsomely to say outrageous and thus bankable things on a regular basis.2013, Jonathan Alter, chapter 14, in The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 176
    Synonyms:
    on the regular

Synonyms of on a regular basis

Antonyms

Questions about on a regular basis

What does on a regular basis mean?
On a regular basis means regularly; occurring in regular time intervals or patterns.
What part of speech is on a regular basis?
On a regular basis is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on a regular basis in the dictionary

  1. on a par
  2. on a pinch
  3. on a plate
  4. on a platter
  5. on a promise
  6. on a regular basis
  7. on a roll
  8. on a shoestring
  9. on a silver platter
  10. on a sixpence
  11. on a stick

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