fits and starts

*fits and starts

with irregular movement; with much stopping and starting. (*Typically: by ~; in ~; with ~.) Somehow, they got the job done in fits and starts. By fits and starts, the old car finally got us to town.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nairyosangha	-	Persian Mythology
Sladjana	SLAH-jah-nah	Serbian
Mahalah	-	Biblical
Acacius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Svjetlana	-	Croatian, Serbian
Tzipora	-	Hebrew