now and then

US /naʊ ənd ðen/

UK /naʊ ənd ðen/

1.

occasionally; from time to time

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We still meet up for coffee now and then.

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He likes to read a good book now and then.

:

occasionally sometimes periodically intermittently sporadically

:

now now then now and again it's now or never now you're talking