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Fits and starts

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Noun
  1. 1
    Activity which is intermittent, variable in intensity, and prolonged by interruptions. idiomatic, plural, plural-only

    "Progress in this project has come in fits and starts."

  2. 2
    repeated bursts of activity wordnet

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