time to time
Every so often
From time to time means occasionally or at irregular intervals—not constantly, but recurring: I still think about her from time to time.
The phrase suggests something happens periodically without a fixed schedule.
It's almost always preceded by "from," though time to time alone appears in legal contexts meaning periodically: The rules may be amended from time to time.
- every so oftenAt scattered intervals
- now and thenAt infrequent intervals
- intermittentlyAt irregular intervals
- now and againAt irregular intervals
- on and offIntermittent in occurrence
sporadically · infrequently · occasionally · once in a while · here and there · repeatedly · randomly · at intervals · in fits and starts · rarely · recurrently · spasmodically · unpredictably · intervals · erratically · haphazardly · alternately · passing
- time phrasesall day, all night, for now, right now, just now
- infrequencyrarely, seldom, infrequent, infrequently, occasionally
time to timeconstantly
At all times
always · continuously · never · perpetually · incessantly
time to timeregularly
At fixed intervals
like clockwork · on schedule · systematically · routinely · predictably
time, sometimes, times, timeless, lifetime, bedtime, timely, daytime, springtime