fits and starts

Noun

 * 1)  Activity which is intermittent, variable in intensity, and prolonged by interruptions.
 * 2) * 2007, "Australian Premier vows troops pullout," Gulf Daily News (Bahrain), 22 Dec.,
 * Paying for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in fits and starts undermines US military planning and risks the gains made by US troops.
 * 1) * 2007, "Australian Premier vows troops pullout," Gulf Daily News (Bahrain), 22 Dec.,
 * Paying for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in fits and starts undermines US military planning and risks the gains made by US troops.
 * 1) * 2007, "Australian Premier vows troops pullout," Gulf Daily News (Bahrain), 22 Dec.,
 * Paying for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in fits and starts undermines US military planning and risks the gains made by US troops.
 * Paying for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in fits and starts undermines US military planning and risks the gains made by US troops.

Translations

 * Finnish: sysäyksittäin
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