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now and then

adv
/ˌnaʊ ən(d)ˈðɛn/

Etymology

Compare Dutch nu en dan, West Frisian no en dan.

Definitions

  1. Synonym of occasionally, sometimes, intermittently.

    • Call your mother now and then and let her know you care.
    • Turn around, bright eyes / Every now and then, I fall apart
    • I'm a writer first, but I do have my HGV licence, and I use it every now and then.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for now and then. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA