Antonyms for off on

Grammar : Adj, adv

Spell : awf, of

Phonetic Transcription : ɔf, ɒf

Definition of off on

Origin : by c.1200 as an emphatic form of Old English of (see of), employed in the adverbial use of that word. The prepositional meaning "away from" and the adjectival sense of "farther" were not firmly fixed in this variant until 17c., but once they were they left the original of with the transferred and weakened senses of the word. Meaning "not working" is from 1861. Off the cuff (1938) is from the notion of speaking from notes written in haste on one's shirt cuffs. Off the rack (adj.) is from 1963; off the record is from 1933; off the wall "crazy" is 1968, probably from the notion of a lunatic "bouncing off the walls" or else in reference to carom shots in squash, handball, etc.

As in occasional : adj irregular, sporadic
As in to and fro : adj back and forth
As in irregularly : adv intermittently
As in now and then : adv once in a while
As in off and on : adv intermittently
As in on and off : adv intermittently
As in sometimes : adv every now and then
As in fitfully : adv intermittently
As in off-and-on : adv every once in a while
As in on and off : adv intermittent

Synonyms for off on

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