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What does on and off mean?

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Adverb
  1. (idiomatic) Intermittently.
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The ProGator has a wide stance, giving it excellent stability, and a walk-through operator platform makes getting on and off the machine easy.
The surge had caused something to power on in the craft, and a tiny blue light was winking on and off.
He was a gentleman on and off the field and even when involved in altercations, took the role of mentor rather than an aggressor.
You are going to hump it around airport terminals, on and off trains and buses.
I've been on Coast Guard vessels and they can move rafts on and off boats pretty quickly, on and off ships.
Bettie, now preferring the name Marilyn, had been on and off of heroin for years now but it was the first junk needle Callahan had let near her.

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