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
Gaines	[geinz]
Smalls	[smɔ:lz]
Kasper	KAHS-per (Polish, Swedish), KAHS-pər (Dutch)	Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Peterson	['pi:təsn]
Fionnbharr	FIN-var	Irish
Seppo (1)	SEP-po (Finnish)	Finnish, Finnish Mythology