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Australia is the same size as the U.S., but it's much smaller in terms of population. I've been working in the States off and on since the '80s, and the first time I played a lead here was in '91, I think.
Robert Taylor

Meaning of "off and on" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OFF AND ON

off and on play
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WHAT DOES OFF AND ON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of off and on in the English dictionary

The definition of off and on in the dictionary is occasionally; intermittently.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OFF AND ON

off air
off base
off beam
off break
off camera
off chance
off colour
off day
off duty
off key
off label
off limits
off message
off on one
off one´s game
off one´s guard
off one´s hands
off one´s head
off one´s nana
off one´s nut

WORDS THAT END LIKE OFF AND ON

crooked on
dead on
draw a bead on
end on
grind on
hand on
have a load on
have one´s head screwed on
have the wood on
head on
hold on
lead on
not have a leg to stand on
on and on
put the hard word on
put the lid on
round on
sold on
stand on

Synonyms and antonyms of off and on in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «OFF AND ON»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «off and on» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of off and on

Translation of «off and on» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OFF AND ON

Find out the translation of off and on to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of off and on from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «off and on» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

关闭和打开
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de vez en cuando
570 millions of speakers

English

off and on
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बंद और पर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وتشغيله
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Выключите и
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

e desligando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মধ্যে মধ্যে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de temps à autre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mati dan seterusnya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ab und zu
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

断続的に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오프 에
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati lan ing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi và về
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அணை மற்றும் ஏற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंद आणि वर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ara sıra
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

off e on
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyłączyć i
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Вимкніть і
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

off și pe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

off και για
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

af en op
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

av och på
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

av og på
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of off and on

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OFF AND ON»

The term «off and on» is very widely used and occupies the 585 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OFF AND ON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about off and on

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10 QUOTES WITH «OFF AND ON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word off and on.
1
Christopher Columbus
Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there.
2
Billie Holiday
Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on.
3
Jack Irons
We completed and released 'No Code' in 1996. We began some off and on touring for that release.
4
Jason Lee
Growing up in Huntington Beach, you were either a traditional sports athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I was five and skated off and on over the years, did a little BMX racing as a kid, and then in my freshman or sophomore year I started getting a little bit more into skateboarding.
5
Jason Lee
I was born in Orange, California and I grew up in Huntington Beach. I started skateboarding when I was five and continued to do so off and on over the years.
6
Beth Moore
I am convinced now that virtually every destructive behavior and addiction I battled off and on for years was rooted in my (well-earned) insecurity.
7
Ann Packer
Yes, I do sew. I started when I was around 8 or 9 and have been doing it off and on since then.
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Robert Taylor
Australia is the same size as the U.S., but it's much smaller in terms of population. I've been working in the States off and on since the '80s, and the first time I played a lead here was in '91, I think.
9
Gene Ween
A lot of those songs are actually about Sarah, who I was recently divorced from about five or six months ago. I'd been seeing her off and on since I was about nineteen, so a lot of those songs are about her.
10
James Young
In my own mind, we are a much happier and much more functional family and a much more well balanced group of individual s both off and on the stage - in the current incarnation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFF AND ON»

Discover the use of off and on in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to off and on and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Switch On, Switch Off
Explains how electricity is produced and transmitted, how to create electricity using an electrical wire and a magnet, how generators supply electricity for cities, and how electricity works in homes.
Melvin Berger, 2001
2
Hours off and on sentry, or Personal recollections of ...
Alexander Walker. ing atmosphere of Portugal bad lulled into sound and th-euui- less slumber after the fatigue of a hard day's march, might thank Sailor for saving him from the claws of the Provost Marshal's cat. When Sailor did catch a sentry ...
Alexander Walker, 1859
3
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella
Fans of The Twilight Saga will be enthralled by this riveting story of Bree Tanner, a character first introduced in Eclipse, and the darker side of the newborn vampire world she inhabits.
Stephenie Meyer, 2010
4
He Swept Me off My Feet ? and Dropped Me on My Head
The relationship continued, off and on, for many years, neither ofthem able to get over the other. Desperately seeking answers as to why she couldn't shake him, Christy began consulting psychics, healers, astrologers, and her quirky ...
Christy Jacobs, 2013
5
Biological Psychology
... when stimulated, causes a change in the activity of that cell. Figure 6.13 illustrates how the receptive field of a ganglion cell is determined. Earlier we talked about Hartline's finding of on, off, and on-off ganglion cells. Kuffler's work indicates ...
Stephen B. Klein, B. Michael Thorne, 2006
6
Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo
However, if you are to enjoy the luxury of a seat on the always crowded Sunday evening train to Milan, you must grab one when people get off and on at Verona. And that is only three minutes from Porta Vescovo. If you're still looking for the ...
Tim Parks, 2014
7
Spatial and Temporal Reasoning
... on nor off', and there is no state intermediate between "off" and "neither on nor off', nor between "neither on nor off" and "on" . A more complicated example of a discrete qualitative state-space derived by partitioning an underlying continuous  ...
O. Stock, 1998
8
AutoCAD 2012 For Dummies
You can rearrange column order by simply dragging and dropping the column label to a new place. And you can right-click any column label to display a menu from which you can turn columns off and on. Off/On and Freeze/Thaw do almost ...
David Byrnes, 2011
9
The Law of Waters and Water Rights: International, National, ...
... to pay the ex- part of a contract under which the pense of turning off and on, is unreason- plaintiff has constructed certain water- able, discriminatory, and void, because works to be used in connection with the the cost and expense of turning  ...
Henry P. Farnham, 2013
10
Data Comms & Networks
uses two remarkably different values (0 and 5, for off and on respectively). Of course, if the voltage erroneously changes from 0 to 3 or 4 volts, we could misunderstand it as 5 volts! But there are other methods of detecting such errors.
Achyut S. Godbole, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OFF AND ON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term off and on is used in the context of the following news items.
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The latest on the shooting at a Lafayette, Louisiana, movie theater …
Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor said Friday that John Russell Houser lived in Phenix City, Alabama, off and on from 2005-14. Taylor said ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
2
Friends of Houser speak on his dark past and Louisiana theater …
Police say Houser lived in Phenix City off and on from 2005-2014 but spent most of his lifetime in Columbus. He would often share stories of his ... «WTVM, Jul 15»
3
Arthur Ravenel on the bridge named for him 10 years later
But after serving decades off and on in both the Statehouse and in Congress, Ravenel lost a bid for governor in 1994, “and I didn't have any ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
4
Top position battles to expect during Redskins training camp
If Reed continues to miss time off and on during camp and the preseason, Paul just might overtake him as the starter. Logan Paulsen is the best ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
5
Crookston man gets 21 years in prison for shooting at sheriff's deputies
The shooting continued off and on until Perry tried to drive off the farmstead, the complaint says. Deputies fired several rounds toward the ... «Grand Forks Herald, Jul 15»
6
Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin unveiled
... compact, lightweight frame; New DCT functionality, switchable ABS and multi-mode HSTC available for optimal traction both off and on-road. «Mcnews.com.au, Jul 15»
7
Voucher program aims to help homeless
Travis Donnelly, 28, has been homeless off and on for 15 years. He has also received a housing voucher through the Housing First Program. «Danbury News Times, Jul 15»
8
Shane's Rib Shack in Enterprise sees busy sales
Baker, who had lived in Enterprise off and on over the last 26 years, also owned the building where Brasas Brazil restaurant was located. «Dothan Eagle, Jul 15»
9
Colorado Theater Shooting Trial: Local Testifies
She and Holmes' mother, Arlene, carpooled off and on for three years. She testified the two women would often talk about their children. «NBC 7 San Diego, Jul 15»
10
Defense falters in Jackson Senior Legion's loss at Zone 4 tournament
"He was off and on. I don't think he felt comfortable out there. That just happens. He's been as good of a pitcher as we've had all year. I don't ... «Southeast Missourian, Jul 15»

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