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on-off

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adjective
(of an electrical switch, button, etc) having an `on' position and an `off' position
existing at times and not at others; discontinuousan on-off relationship
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Words nearby on-off

on-mike, onnagata, on no account, o.n.o., on occasion, on-off, onomasiology, onomastic, onomasticon, onomastics, onomatology
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Words related to on-off

intermittent, fluctuating, inconstantly, infrequently, irregularly, now and then, off and on, on-and-off, sometimes, sporadically, uncertainly, variable, at intervals, at times, discontinuously, every now and then, every once in a while, every so often, from time to time, hardly

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