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Phrase(s): now and then
sometimes; occasionally. (See also (every) now and then.) • I like to go to a movie now and then. • We visit my parents now and then, but we rarely see our other relatives., Phrase(s): (every) now and then [and] (every) now and again; (every) once in a while
occasionally; infrequently. • We eat lamb every now and then. • We eat pork now and then. • I read a novel every now and again.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs