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UKfrom time to time
/fɹɒm tˈaɪm tə tˈaɪm/
/fɹʌm tˈaɪm tə tˈaɪm/from time to time
[PHRASE]1
sometimes, but not very often
Examples
1. Dead reckoning can be used to navigate when landmarks are out of sight, although it still requires people to accurately know their location from time to time.
2. From time to time, King Walter went into town in dirty old clothes.
3. As he made polite replies to Mr Bounderby's endless talk, he looked from time to time at Louisa.
4. He was working in his office at Stone Lodge, listening to the deadly 'tick, tock' of the clock, and looking out of his window from time to time at the thunderstorm over the high chimneys of Coketown.
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