now and then

[now and then] or [now and again] {adv. phr.}

Not often; not regularly; occasionally; sometimes.

* /Now and then he goes to a ball game./

* /The maid broke a dish now and then./

Syn.: AT TIMES, FROM TIME TO TIME, ONCE IN A WHILE. Compare: EVERY NOW AND THEN, OFF AND ON.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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