ON-OFF Definition & Meaning

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on-off

(of an electrical switch, button, etc) having an `on' position and an `off' position
existing at times and not at others; discontinuous
an on-off relationship

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Unite union members began on-off strikes in January, but just over a week ago moved to all-out action in a dispute over pay and working conditions.

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A kind of Richard Burton-Elizabeth Taylor vibe if you are old enough to catch the drift, an on-off thing, love and hate, tempestuous, never dull.

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Based on Sally Rooney's novel, the BBC Three drama charted the on-off relationship of teenagers Marianne and Connell.

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The on-off switch and microphone holes revealed what it really was: a bug.

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Gavin and Stacey co-creator James Corden said his character Smithy and on-off lover Nessa had to "end together" in the show's final episode.

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