off and on meaning

Occasionally, intermittently

[American idiom]
occasionally; erratically; now and again. (Reversible.)
• I feel better off and on, but I'm not well yet.
• He only came to class on and off.

[American slang]
Go to on and off

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1. he dropped in on us off and on.
2. it was blowing and raining hard, off and on.
3. it rains off and on.
4. it rains off and on.
5. perhaps secondhand cares, like second-hand clothes, come easily off and on.