on-again, off-again

or on-a·gain-off-a·gain

[on-uh-gen awf-uh-gen, of-, awn-]

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adjective

being in force or inoperative by turns, especially spasmodically and unpredictably: an on-again, off-again romance.

Origin of on-again, off-again

First recorded in 1945–50

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Related Words for on-again, off-again

alternate, arrested, broken, cyclic, cyclical, discontinuous, fitful, hit-or-miss, infrequent, interrupted, isochronal, isochronous, iterative, metrical, occasional, periodic, periodical, recurrent, rhythmic, rhythmical