once in a while

adv

once in a while

adv

1

Idiomatic Occasionally; sometimes.

I send her a note once in a while to let her know I'm thinking of her.
He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 2:

Synonyms: every once in a while
Derived terms: even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while, even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while, every once in a while
Related terms: every now and then, every so often, time to time, now and again, now and then, sometimes

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