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View synonyms for on-again, off-again

on-again, off-again

or on-a·gain-off-a·gain

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

adjective

  1. being in force or inoperative by turns, especially spasmodically and unpredictably:

    an on-again, off-again romance.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of on-again, off-again1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Idioms and Phrases

see off and on , def. 2.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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