on and off

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

Intermittently.

idiomatic, not-comparable

Equivalents

Española intervalos de vez en cuando intermitentemente

Françaispar intermittence

Deutschab und zu

6 more languages

Ελληνικάκατά διαλείμματα

Suomiajoittain katkonaisesti pätkittäin

Nederlandsaf en aan

Русскийурывками

Svenskatill och från

Examples

“With so much worry ⟳, I only slept on and off last ⟳ night.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

on and on on book on dead dogs on film on first-name basis on leg

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