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Definitions

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now and then
1. adv. sometimes; occasionally; intermittently
Call your mother now and then and let her know you care.
Analysis
now		©
1. adj. Present; current.
2. adj. (archaic, legal) At the time the will is written. Used in order to prevent any inheritance from being transferred to a person of a future marriage. Does not indicate the existence of a previous marria
Now wife.
3. adj. (informal) Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
I think this band's sound is very now.
and		©
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj.          Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj.          Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj.          Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj.          (obsolete) Yet; but.
then		©
1. adv. (temporal location) At that time.
He was happy then.
2. adv. (temporal location) Soon afterward.
He fixed it, then left.
Turn left, then right, then right again, then keep going until you reach the service station.

Example Sentences

I still enjoy a cocktail now and then if that's what you mean.  I think they take breaks to eat some lettuce every now and then.  I had to take him down a notch now and then.  He needs his motherly fix every now and then and also to make certain that we're all doing okay.  Every now and then I catch one masturbating in the locker room.

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