from time to time

[from time to time] {adv. phr.}

Not often; not regularly; sometimes; occasionally; at one time and then again at another time.

* /Even though the Smiths have moved, we still see them from time to time./

* /Mother tries new recipes from time to time, but the children never like them./

Syn.: NOW AND THEN, AT TIMES, ONCE IN A WHILE.

Compare: BY FITS AND STARTS, OFF AND ON.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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