Usually means: Fluctuate in intensity or size.
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  1. wax and wane: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wax and wane, wax and wane: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wax and wane: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. wax and wane: Wiktionary
  5. Wax and Wane: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Wax and Wane: The Word Detective

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  1. wax and wane: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (wax and wane)

verb:  To progress cyclically through various phases, such as growth and senescence.
verb:  To alternate; to increase and diminish in turn.

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