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fits and starts

  1. To do something in “fits and starts” is to do it intermittently or sporadically: “Martina has been working on her master's thesis in fits and starts; she needs to work on it consistently.”


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This show has had many fits and starts.

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West, now known as Ye, released the album in fits and starts through a new collaborative film with director Hype Williams.

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But the industry’s progress on inclusivity has come in fits and starts.

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While Tuesday's game had a happy ending, not being able to string a full 90-minute performance together can be a frustration when you see what Northern Ireland are capable of in fits and starts.

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Audiences will wonder that for almost the entirety of “Folie à Deux,” which mostly flails in fits and starts until a tour-de-force sequence in which Arthur/Joker serves as his own lawyer.

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