off-again, on-again

off-again, on-again
or[on-again, off-again] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not settled; changeable; uncertain. * /John and Susan had an off-again, on-again romance./ * /I don't like this off-again, on-again business. Are we going to have the party or not?/

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