now and then
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[edit]Compare Dutch nu en dan, West Frisian no en dan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]now and then (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) Synonym of occasionally, sometimes, intermittently.
- Synonyms: every now and again, every now and then, now and again
- Call your mother now and then and let her know you care.
- 1983, Jim Steinman, “Total Eclipse of the Heart”, performed by Bonnie Tyler ft. Rory Dodd:
- Turn around, bright eyes / Every now and then, I fall apart
- 2024 March 6, Pip Dunn, “Freight's future is in ISO containers”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 36:
- I'm a writer first, but I do have my HGV licence, and I use it every now and then.
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[edit]Translations
[edit](idiomatic) sometimes; occasionally; intermittently
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