Stop-start
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Intermittent; starting and stopping with regularity.
"It was Van Persie's only opportunity during a stop-start match in which Theo Walcott, Gervinho and Aaron Ramsey squandered chances to open the scoring."
Example
More examples"It was Van Persie's only opportunity during a stop-start match in which Theo Walcott, Gervinho and Aaron Ramsey squandered chances to open the scoring."
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