Stop-go

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An economic policy of this kind. uncountable

    "[…] the concern with increasing economic growth led to charges that stop-go was inhibiting investment and hence slowing the expansion of the economy."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternately active and inactive; intermittent.

    "We are suffering the consequences of three years of a stop-go economic policy."

Synonyms

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;brokencatchydiscontinuousfitfulintermissive

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"We are suffering the consequences of three years of a stop-go economic policy."

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stop-go animation

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