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on-again, off-again

or on-a·gain-off-a·gain

[on-uh-gen awf-uh-gen, of-, awn-]
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adjective
  1. being in force or inoperative by turns, especially spasmodically and unpredictably: an on-again, off-again romance.
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Origin of on-again, off-again

First recorded in 1945–50
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