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on-a·gain, off-a·gain

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(ŏn'ə-gĕn' ôf'ə-gĕn', ŏf-, ôn'-)
adj. Informal
Existing or continuing sporadically; intermittent or occasional: an on-again, off-again correspondence.


Roget's Thesaurus:

on-again, off-again

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adjective

    Happening or appearing now and then: fitful, intermittent, occasional, periodic, periodical, sporadic. See continue/stop/pause.

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